⏱️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
0Q128-25
+8Q242-31
-2Q329-26
-5Q429-33
▼ SAC better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Kings did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 36 free throws to their twenty- Won the glass, 56 rebounds to 43
- A 14-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 22 in the second quarter
Key battles
29Free throws made15
5Blocks3
18Turnovers13
65Rebounds49
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Bucks
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 22
Q2 1:07 · MIL 78-56 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Kings
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 8
Q2 2:43 · MIL 64-56 SAC
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIL | SAC | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 11 | Threes made | 12 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 29 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 65 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 22 | Assists | 29 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
