⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bucks got 20 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 20 points better than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Made 24 threes to their twelve- Shot well above their usual, 24 of 39 from three
- Won the glass, 55 rebounds to 40
- A 19-0 run took them from 3 down to 16 up in the first quarter
- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their six, and outscored them 19-8 off them
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
- 19-0 run
A 19-0 run took them from 3 down to 16 up
Q1 11:09 · MIL 19-3 IND
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 21
Q4 10:22 · MIL 121-100 IND
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 26
Q4 6:24 · MIL 134-108 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pacers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 16
Q2 7:06 · MIL 62-46 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIL | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 24 | Threes made | 12 |
| 62% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 35 | Assists | 27 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 6 |
| 3 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
