⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their thirteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q1 8:45 · BOS 19-12 MIL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 19
Q4 10:39 · BOS 110-91 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bucks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 10-point deficit to 2
Q1 3:17 · BOS 30-28 MIL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 3
Q2 7:52 · BOS 47-44 MIL
Bad plays
- Technical
Bobby Portis technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 8:13 · BOS 44-36 MIL
- Technical
Giannis Antetokounmpo technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 3:41 · BOS 126-108 MIL
📊The numbers
| BOS | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 59% | Shooting from the field | 50% |
| 19 | Threes made | 13 |
| 49% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 35 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 29 | Assists | 22 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 1 | Blocks | 1 |
