⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bucks got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Made seventeen threes to their eleven- Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 40
- A 13-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 23 in the third quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Bucks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q2 8:57 · MIL 46-38 MIA
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 23
Q3 5:38 · MIL 92-69 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 29
Q4 1:50 · MIL 116-87 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 27-point deficit to 19
Q4 9:25 · MIL 99-80 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIL | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 17 | Threes made | 11 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 62 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 33 | Assists | 20 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
