⏱️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. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ WSH 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 Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their eleven- Won the glass, 55 rebounds to 26
- Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their four, and outscored them 18-0 off them
- Beaten inside, 64 points in the paint to 84
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bucks
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 6 down to 5 up
Q1 7:07 · WSH 15-20 MIL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 14
Q2 7:05 · WSH 42-56 MIL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 18
Q4 3:18 · WSH 124-142 MIL
Bad plays
- Technical
Malik Beasley technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 6:47 · WSH 110-119 MIL
- Missed FT
Giannis Antetokounmpo misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 4:48 · WSH 118-125 MIL
- Missed FT
Giannis Antetokounmpo misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 4:48 · WSH 118-125 MIL
📊The numbers
| WSH | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 59% |
| 10 | Threes made | 11 |
| 34% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 26 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 29 | Assists | 33 |
| 84 | Points in the paint | 64 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 0 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 4 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 6 | Steals | 3 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
