⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bucks got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Made twenty threes to their nine- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their fifteen, and were outscored 20-9 off them
- Ran them off the floor, 23 fast break points to 5
- Could not get to the line, 25 free throws to their 36
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 16-point lead to 25
Q3 7:40 · MIL 92-67 NO
Bad plays
- Technical
Robin Lopez technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 3:10 · MIL 136-104 NO
Pelicans
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 3 down to 6 up
Q1 10:19 · MIL 5-11 NO
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 34-point deficit to 23
Q4 3:54 · MIL 136-113 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIL | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 20 | Threes made | 9 |
| 44% | Three-point accuracy | 39% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 28 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 43 |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 30 | Assists | 20 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 23 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 12 | Steals | 5 |
| 0 | Blocks | 3 |
