⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Trail Blazers got 9 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
▲ MIL better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Bucks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Trail Blazers won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 33 free throws to their eighteen- A 18-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 25 in the third 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 27-point deficit to 18
Q4 6:22 · MIL 92-110 POR
Bad plays
- Technical
Bobby Portis technical foul
Q3 0:01 · MIL 74-91 POR
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 18-0 run
A 18-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 25
Q3 1:55 · MIL 74-99 POR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| MIL | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 13 | Threes made | 18 |
| 35% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 22 | Assists | 24 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 32 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 10 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 8 |
