⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bucks got 10 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
▲ OKC better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Thunder.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Thunder did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 44 points inside to 28- A 14-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 15 in the second quarter
- Could not get to the line, seven free throws to their twenty
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Thunder
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 9:00 · OKC 40-40 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bucks
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 15
Q2 6:11 · OKC 42-57 MIL
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 22
Q3 2:02 · OKC 73-95 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| OKC | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 15 | Threes made | 17 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 5 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 49 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 22 | Assists | 25 |
| 28 | Points in the paint | 44 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 3 | Steals | 9 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
