⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bucks got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 7 points better than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
They went cold, eleven of 45 from three- Won the glass, 56 rebounds to 44
- A 14-0 run from level to 14 points up in the first quarter
- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their nine
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
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run from level to 14 points up
Q1 11:44 · MIL 14-0 DET
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 15
Q2 2:12 · MIL 64-49 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pistons
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 6
Q3 9:03 · MIL 71-65 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIL | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 15 | Threes made | 11 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 23 | Assists | 16 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 1 |
