⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bucks stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 39- Ran them off the floor, 19 fast break points to 5
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their ten, and outscored them 13-3 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Khris Middleton lost ball turnover
Q4 3:24 · MIL 105-97 CLE
- Turnover
Shot clock turnover
Q4 0:00 · MIL 112-104 CLE
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q3 6:31 · MIL 68-64 CLE
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 1
Q4 11:39 · MIL 88-87 CLE
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Evan Mobley misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:00 · MIL 103-96 CLE
📊The numbers
| MIL | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 13 | Threes made | 15 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 21 | Assists | 27 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 3 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 7 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
