⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bucks got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 19 points worse than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Cavaliers did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their six- They went cold, six of 43 from three
- Lived at the line, 28 free throws to their nine
- Kept giving it away, seventeen 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.
Cavaliers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Max Strus technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 9:59 · CLE 61-63 MIL
Bucks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 5
Q2 5:28 · CLE 50-45 MIL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 7 down to 3 up
Q3 11:16 · CLE 61-64 MIL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 15
Q3 4:47 · CLE 73-88 MIL
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Bobby Portis and Tristan Thompson
Q2 7:51 · CLE 46-33 MIL
- Turnover
Malik Beasley offensive foul
Q4 1:36 · CLE 108-113 MIL
- Turnover
Malik Beasley turnover
Q4 1:36 · CLE 108-113 MIL
📊The numbers
| CLE | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 6 | Threes made | 12 |
| 14% | Three-point accuracy | 41% |
| 7 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 28 | Assists | 26 |
| 64 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 11 | Steals | 5 |
| 7 | Blocks | 6 |
