⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
They went cold, nine of 37 from three- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their eighteen, and were outscored 24-12 off them
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 21
Q4 4:51 · BKN 113-92 MIL
Bad plays
- Technical
Nic Claxton technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 3:42 · BKN 56-44 MIL
Bucks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 14
Q3 5:26 · BKN 77-63 MIL
Bad plays
- Technical
technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 8:15 · BKN 68-52 MIL
- Technical
Mike Budenholzer technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 6:58 · BKN 96-86 MIL
📊The numbers
| BKN | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 14 | Threes made | 9 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 30 | Assists | 17 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 11 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 1 |
