⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bucks stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their nineteen, and were outscored 24-10 off them- A 14-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 16 in the second quarter
- Could not get to the line, five free throws to their sixteen
A 15-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 11 in the fourth 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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 5:20 · MIL 25-19 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q2 10:44 · MIL 46-39 WSH
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 16
Q2 7:42 · MIL 60-44 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 7 down to 2 up
Q1 7:23 · MIL 17-19 WSH
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 12
Q3 6:18 · MIL 80-68 WSH
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run cut a 26-point deficit to 11
Q4 3:38 · MIL 110-99 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIL | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 20 | Threes made | 18 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 4 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 44 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 35 | Assists | 20 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 24 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 12 | Steals | 7 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
