⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bucks got 21 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ BOS better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 19 points better than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Made twenty threes to their ten- Ran them off the floor, 23 fast break points to 11
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q2 7:34 · MIL 44-38 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q3 9:22 · MIL 74-64 BOS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q3 5:59 · MIL 85-71 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q2 4:28 · MIL 46-51 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIL | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 20 | Threes made | 10 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 22 | Assists | 19 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 23 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
