⏱️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, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their eleven- Shot well above their usual, eighteen of 42 from three
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hornets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 10
Q4 1:55 · CHA 102-112 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bucks
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 13
Q2 7:23 · CHA 38-51 MIL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 19
Q3 11:03 · CHA 59-78 MIL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 17
Q4 10:44 · CHA 79-96 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 11 | Threes made | 18 |
| 32% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 21 | Assists | 26 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 4 | Steals | 6 |
| 1 | Blocks | 4 |
