⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ CLE better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their nine- They went cold, nine of 31 from three
- A 13-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 18 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 18
Q4 8:34 · MIL 84-102 CLE
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIL | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 9 | Threes made | 19 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 17 | Assists | 25 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 9 | Steals | 11 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
