⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bucks got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their seventeen- Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 34
- A 13-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 14 in the third quarter
- Kept giving it away, fourteen turnovers to their eight, and outscored them 16-6 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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 14
Q3 10:26 · MIL 77-63 CLE
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 20
Q3 4:26 · MIL 91-71 CLE
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 18
Q4 6:48 · MIL 109-91 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIL | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 43% |
| 16 | Threes made | 12 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 34 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 26 | Assists | 22 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 6 | Blocks | 7 |
