⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bucks got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ NY better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Knicks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their eleven- They went cold, eleven of 41 from three
- Kept giving it away, fourteen turnovers to their seven
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Knicks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 17
Q3 6:52 · NY 70-53 MIL
- Lead
Jalen Brunson hit a 8-foot driving floating jump shot
Q4 2:34 · NY 96-94 MIL
- Ties it
Julius Randle hit a free throw 2 of 2
Q4 2:00 · NY 97-97 MIL
Bad plays
- Turnover
Julius Randle turnover
Q4 3:44 · NY 94-92 MIL
- Missed FT
Julius Randle misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 2:00 · NY 96-97 MIL
Bucks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q4 10:39 · NY 81-82 MIL
- Go-ahead
Jrue Holiday hit a 25-foot threeer
Q4 2:23 · NY 96-97 MIL
- Winner
Brook Lopez hit a three jumper, Jrue Holiday with the assist
Q4 1:46 · NY 97-100 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NY | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 11 | Threes made | 19 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 16 | Assists | 27 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 8 | Steals | 3 |
| 1 | Blocks | 5 |
