⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bucks got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 6 points worse than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their sixteen- Gave up second chances, thirteen offensive rebounds to their five
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pelicans
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 13
Q4 3:04 · NO 113-126 MIL
Bad plays
- Technical
Alvin Gentry technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 3:12 · NO 105-124 MIL
Bucks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 21
Q3 8:52 · NO 58-79 MIL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Tony Snell misses technical free throw
Q4 3:12 · NO 105-124 MIL
📊The numbers
| NO | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 10 | Threes made | 10 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 27 | Assists | 27 |
| 64 | Points in the paint | 62 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 3 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
