⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 56 points inside to 32- A 12-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 31 in the fourth quarter
- Could not get to the line, twelve free throws to their 31
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 12
Q1 3:02 · MIL 21-33 DEN
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 31
Q4 2:25 · MIL 97-128 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIL | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 56% |
| 11 | Threes made | 11 |
| 28% | Three-point accuracy | 37% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 22 | Assists | 28 |
| 32 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 4 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
