⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bucks got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ SA better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 18 points better than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Spurs did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their nine- Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their sixteen, and were outscored 18-9 off them
- A 12-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 18 in the first quarter
- Beaten inside, 48 points in the paint to 66
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 took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q1 11:13 · MIL 9-2 SA
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 6-point lead to 18
Q1 8:29 · MIL 21-3 SA
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Bobby Portis and Jeremy Sochan
Q4 8:52 · MIL 111-94 SA
Spurs
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 15
Q4 10:56 · MIL 109-94 SA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIL | SA | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 18 | Threes made | 9 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 18 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 34 | Assists | 27 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 66 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Steals | 4 |
| 7 | Blocks | 4 |
