⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
-4Q130-33
-5Q227-32
-12Q324-38
-17Q419-33
▼ DEN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Made 23 threes to their ten- Could not get to the line, ten free throws to their 22
Key battles
5Fast break points15
27Points off turnovers11
10Threes made23
16Free throws made7
🏀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
- Missed FT
Khris Middleton misses technical free throw
Q2 8:26 · MIL 37-44 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q1 3:42 · MIL 23-29 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIL | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 60% |
| 10 | Threes made | 23 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 53% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 32 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 23 | Assists | 39 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
