⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their thirteen- Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 34
- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their nine, and outscored them 24-9 off them
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 19
Q3 9:05 · CHA 75-56 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bucks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 10
Q3 6:29 · CHA 75-65 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 12 | Threes made | 12 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 34 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 27 | Assists | 29 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 5 | Blocks | 6 |
