⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bucks got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Made 23 threes to their fourteen- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their sixteen, and were outscored 26-7 off them
- A 12-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 28 in the third quarter
- Beaten inside, 34 points in the paint to 52
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 8
Q1 1:29 · POR 26-34 MIL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 32-point deficit to 24
Q4 11:16 · POR 85-109 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bucks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q1 7:36 · POR 11-22 MIL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 18
Q1 4:28 · POR 16-34 MIL
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 28
Q3 8:54 · POR 61-89 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 14 | Threes made | 23 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 38 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 25 | Assists | 36 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 24 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 7 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
