⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 19 points better than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Made 21 threes to their eight- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their sixteen, and were outscored 23-9 off them
- A 18-0 run stretched a 31-point lead to 49 in the fourth quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 21
Q1 0:39 · BKN 40-19 MIL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 19-point lead to 27
Q2 5:23 · BKN 60-33 MIL
- 18-0 run
A 18-0 run stretched a 31-point lead to 49
Q4 7:21 · BKN 123-74 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bucks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 49-point deficit to 41
Q4 3:39 · BKN 123-82 MIL
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Mamadi Diakite flagrant foul type 1
Q4 4:38 · BKN 118-74 MIL
📊The numbers
| BKN | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 21 | Threes made | 8 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 6 | Free throws made | 4 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 27 | Assists | 14 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 8 | Steals | 2 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
