⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bucks got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their 21- Won the glass, 46 rebounds to 31
- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their ten, and outscored them 22-13 off them
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Damian Lillard offensive foul
Q4 4:18 · MIL 115-108 HOU
- Turnover
Damian Lillard traveling
Q4 2:32 · MIL 120-113 HOU
- Missed FT
Damian Lillard misses technical free throw
Q4 0:38 · MIL 125-116 HOU
Rockets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Dillon Brooks flopping technical foul
Q4 0:38 · MIL 125-116 HOU
- Technical
Dillon Brooks technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 0:38 · MIL 125-116 HOU
- Technical
Dillon Brooks technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 0:38 · MIL 126-116 HOU
📊The numbers
| MIL | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 13 | Threes made | 11 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 31 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 25 | Assists | 26 |
| 54 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 4 | Steals | 8 |
| 1 | Blocks | 4 |
