⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bucks fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 17 points better than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 38 free throws to their 27- A 20-0 run took them from 1 down to 19 up in the fourth quarter
- Made fifteen threes to their 21
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 3 down to 5 up
Q1 11:28 · MIL 8-3 MIA
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 9 down to 4 up
Q4 10:14 · MIL 107-103 MIA
- 20-0 run
A 20-0 run took them from 1 down to 19 up
Q4 4:36 · MIL 130-111 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q1 8:39 · MIL 8-11 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q1 1:43 · MIL 22-34 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 21
Q2 6:30 · MIL 39-60 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIL | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 15 | Threes made | 21 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 33 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 27 | Assists | 28 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 22 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 26 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 7 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 1 |
