⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bucks got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 26 free throws to their fifteen- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their eighteen
- Owned the paint, 58 points inside to 40
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 stretched a 15-point lead to 23
Q3 11:29 · MIL 77-54 CLE
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 24
Q3 5:23 · MIL 92-68 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIL | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 14 | Threes made | 15 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 26 | Assists | 27 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 35 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 21 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 12 | Steals | 10 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
