⏱️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. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Pacers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their nineteen- Made ten threes to their seventeen
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q4 9:40 · MIL 110-97 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pacers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q2 0:33 · MIL 69-66 IND
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Lance Stephenson flagrant foul type 1
Q3 3:53 · MIL 89-85 IND
📊The numbers
| MIL | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 10 | Threes made | 17 |
| 34% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 28 | Assists | 32 |
| 62 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 8 |
| 0 | Blocks | 2 |
