⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bucks got 24 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 24 points better than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
Made 22 threes to their eight- Won the glass, 61 rebounds to 36
- Ran them off the floor, 25 fast break points to 9
- Could not get to the line, twenty free throws to their 35
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their eleven, and outscored them 22-13 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:10 · MIL 8-0 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q1 5:03 · MIL 29-10 MIA
Bad plays
- Technical
Bobby Portis technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 10:50 · MIL 107-78 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 28-point deficit to 19
Q1 0:25 · MIL 46-27 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 36-point deficit to 27
Q4 3:55 · MIL 125-98 MIA
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Trevor Ariza flagrant foul type 1
Q3 9:59 · MIL 80-53 MIA
- Flagrant
Kendrick Nunn flagrant foul type 1
Q3 8:41 · MIL 84-57 MIA
- Technical
Goran Dragic technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 5:09 · MIL 93-62 MIA
📊The numbers
| MIL | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 22 | Threes made | 8 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 21 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 34 | Assists | 20 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 25 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
