⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Made twenty threes to their eleven- Shot well above their usual, twenty of 47 from three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Celtics
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q2 0:13 · BOS 57-50 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bucks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q1 1:41 · BOS 21-33 MIL
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Bobby Portis and Grant Williams
Q3 2:03 · BOS 81-72 MIL
- Technical
Mike Budenholzer technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 7:20 · BOS 92-81 MIL
📊The numbers
| BOS | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 20 | Threes made | 11 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 31 | Assists | 22 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 18 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 3 |
