⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bucks got 20 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ DET better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 20 points better than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Pistons did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their six- Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 36
- Kept giving it away, fifteen turnovers to their eight
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Bucks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 15-point lead to 24
Q1 2:15 · MIL 43-19 DET
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 30
Q2 11:05 · MIL 54-24 DET
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 31
Q3 4:17 · MIL 108-77 DET
Bad plays
- Technical
Brook Lopez technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 9:23 · MIL 83-64 DET
Pistons
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 28-point deficit to 19
Q2 3:39 · MIL 71-52 DET
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIL | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| 57% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 19 | Threes made | 6 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 24 | Assists | 25 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 64 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 5 | Steals | 10 |
| 8 | Blocks | 4 |
