⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bucks got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their six- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their fifteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 12
Q4 10:45 · CLE 86-98 MIL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Collin Sexton misses technical free throw
Q4 5:07 · CLE 92-114 MIL
Bucks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 1 down to 9 up
Q1 3:34 · CLE 16-25 MIL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 17
Q3 3:36 · CLE 74-91 MIL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 20-point lead to 30
Q4 5:23 · CLE 92-122 MIL
Bad plays
- Technical
technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 5:07 · CLE 92-114 MIL
📊The numbers
| CLE | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 6 | Threes made | 16 |
| 21% | Three-point accuracy | 47% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 21 | Assists | 25 |
| 62 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 4 | Steals | 10 |
| 1 | Blocks | 2 |
