⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their nine- Gave up second chances, thirteen offensive rebounds to their four
A 12-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 8 in the second quarter
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q1 11:50 · BOS 10-0 MIL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 20
Q2 7:43 · BOS 51-31 MIL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 20
Q3 1:09 · BOS 99-79 MIL
Bad plays
- Technical
Kristaps Porzingis technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 1:54 · BOS 112-102 MIL
- Missed FT
Jayson Tatum misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:21 · BOS 115-111 MIL
Bucks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 7
Q1 0:30 · BOS 29-22 MIL
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 8
Q2 1:41 · BOS 67-59 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 17 | Threes made | 13 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 4 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 27 | Assists | 23 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 58 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 3 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
