⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bucks got 8 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
▼ IND better than we expected
The second 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 Pacers did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their eight- They went cold, eight of 38 from three
- A 12-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 29 in the second quarter
- Gave up second chances, fourteen offensive rebounds to their five
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 21
Q2 10:07 · MIL 44-23 IND
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 17-point lead to 29
Q2 5:35 · MIL 58-29 IND
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 22
Q4 9:11 · MIL 99-77 IND
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Damian Lillard and Andrew Nembhard
Q3 7:20 · MIL 75-56 IND
Pacers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 12
Q3 3:57 · MIL 83-71 IND
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 14
Q4 4:49 · MIL 102-88 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIL | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 14 | Threes made | 8 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 21 | Assists | 20 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 5 | Steals | 4 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
