⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bucks got 21 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bucks won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their four- They went cold, four of 25 from three
- Could not get to the line, eighteen free throws to their 28
- Beaten inside, 60 points in the paint to 84
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pelicans
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Bryce McGowens misses technical free throw
Q1 5:56 · NO 16-20 MIL
Bucks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 16
Q4 7:37 · NO 106-122 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| NO | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 60% |
| 4 | Threes made | 15 |
| 16% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 22 | Assists | 28 |
| 84 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 13 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 8 |
