⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The first 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 Hornets did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their seven- Looked after the ball, seven turnovers to their fifteen, and were outscored 15-5 off them
- A 13-0 run took them from 2 down to 11 up in the first quarter
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
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 2 down to 11 up
Q1 9:12 · MIL 17-6 CHA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 19
Q2 7:42 · MIL 46-27 CHA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 25-point lead to 36
Q2 0:00 · MIL 74-38 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIL | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 34% |
| 18 | Threes made | 7 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 26 | Assists | 17 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 5 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Steals | 2 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
