⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bucks got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their nine- Won the glass, 55 rebounds to 28
- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their nine
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bucks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q1 9:50 · POR 3-14 MIL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 13-point lead to 22
Q3 4:15 · POR 66-88 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 9 | Threes made | 16 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 28 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 1 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 23 | Assists | 27 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 5 | Steals | 4 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
