⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Spurs got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ SA better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Spurs.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Spurs won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, nineteen of 35 from three- Won the glass, 54 rebounds to 38
- Burned in transition, 2 fast break points to 22
A 14-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 4 in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Spurs
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 7:47 · SA 15-13 MIL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q2 10:16 · SA 35-28 MIL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q4 3:03 · SA 122-103 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bucks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q1 0:01 · SA 27-28 MIL
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 4
Q2 1:12 · SA 65-61 MIL
Bad plays
- Technical
Brook Lopez technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 4:02 · SA 50-38 MIL
📊The numbers
| SA | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 19 | Threes made | 15 |
| 54% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 23 | Assists | 24 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 4 | Steals | 5 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
