⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bucks got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ DAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 55 rebounds to 30- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their ten, and outscored them 25-16 off them
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 14
Q1 3:12 · MIL 36-22 DAL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 21
Q2 6:12 · MIL 65-44 DAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 23-point lead to 33
Q4 11:18 · MIL 114-81 DAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Kevin Porter Jr. technical foul
Q1 1:07 · MIL 36-27 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 33-point deficit to 25
Q3 3:05 · MIL 100-75 DAL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 36-point deficit to 28
Q4 2:38 · MIL 131-103 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIL | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 58% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 16 | Threes made | 13 |
| 46% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 4 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 30 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 29 | Assists | 30 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 22 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 25 | Points off turnovers | 16 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 6 | Steals | 13 |
| 4 | Blocks | 3 |
