⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ IND better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 12 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 seventeen threes to their eleven- Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 36 from three
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 from level to 10 points up
Q1 10:34 · MIL 10-0 IND
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 14
Q2 1:10 · MIL 58-44 IND
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q3 0:00 · MIL 98-79 IND
Bad plays
- Technical
Damian Lillard technical foul
Q4 0:30 · MIL 127-116 IND
Pacers
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 2
Q2 6:28 · MIL 44-42 IND
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 16
Q3 4:00 · MIL 88-72 IND
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 6
Q4 7:18 · MIL 108-102 IND
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIL | IND | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 17 | Threes made | 11 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 33 | Assists | 30 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 21 | Fast break points | 26 |
| 37 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 10 | Steals | 11 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
