⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bucks stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ DET better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 4 points better than our numbers for the Pistons.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their seven- Could not get to the line, 26 free throws to their 36
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pistons
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 6
Q2 2:31 · DET 49-55 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bucks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q1 9:48 · DET 7-11 MIL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 0:04 · DET 27-36 MIL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 11
Q4 10:22 · DET 95-106 MIL
Bad plays
- Technical
Joe Ingles technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 12:00 · DET 91-94 MIL
📊The numbers
| DET | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 7 | Threes made | 14 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 22 | Assists | 28 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 38 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 5 | Steals | 5 |
| 0 | Blocks | 4 |
