⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bucks stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 25 free throws to their thirteen- A 12-0 run took them from 4 down to 8 up in the first 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
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run took them from 4 down to 8 up
Q1 7:52 · MIL 18-10 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q3 9:22 · MIL 63-54 DAL
- Winner
Khris Middleton hit a 26-foot three jumper
Q4 2:21 · MIL 106-105 DAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Brook Lopez misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:01 · MIL 112-109 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Willie Cauley-Stein misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:39 · MIL 103-104 DAL
📊The numbers
| MIL | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 14 | Threes made | 13 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 6 |
| 65 | Rebounds | 60 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 22 | Assists | 22 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 46 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 5 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
