⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bucks got 20 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
▼ BOS better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 20 points better than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Celtics did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 36 from three- Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 38
- Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their twelve
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 9:22 · MIL 13-5 BOS
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 15
Q1 6:23 · MIL 26-11 BOS
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q1 1:57 · MIL 36-17 BOS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Celtics
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIL | BOS | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 17 | Threes made | 17 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 1 | Free throws made | 0 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 29 | Assists | 27 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 34 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 16 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 6 | Steals | 11 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
