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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bucks | 23 | 27 | 28 | 39 | 117 |
 Rockets | 30 | 36 | 21 | 24 | 111 |
MILTeam statsHOU| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIL | 46-9946.5% | 16-4634.8% | 9-1850.0% | 53 | 31 | 11 |
| HOU | 33-9036.7% | 16-4833.3% | 29-3974.4% | 57 | 25 | 14 |
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Milwaukee Bucks117| 33 | 11 | 4-16 | 3-9 | 0-0 | +2 | −5.9 | ||||||||
| 30 | 14 | 6-12 | 2-8 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +4 | +1.0 | ||||||
| 28 | 30 | 11-17 | 2-5 | 6-11 | 0 | +8 | +13.0 | |||||||
| 27 | 11 | 4-9 | 1-3 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +5 | +2.2 | |||||
| 16 | 11 | 4-12 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −3.3 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 31 | 8 | 3-7 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +16 | +1.8 | ||||
| 20 | 13 | 6-8 | 1-2 | 0 | 0-1 | 0 | +2 | +3.4 | ||||||
| 17 | 10 | 4-8 | 2-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | +2.5 | |||||
| 17 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −6.3 | |||||
| 15 | 5 | 2-4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | +8 | +0.8 | |||||||
| 6 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −2.0 | |||
| Team | 117 | 46-9946.5% | 16-4634.8% | 53 | 31 | 11 | 27 | 9-1850.0% | 6 | 7 | 10 | |||
Bench 40 points on 17 for 33 shooting
Did not play: D.J. Wilson and Donte DiVincenzo (coach’s decision).
Houston Rockets111| 38 | 17 | 6-10 | 5-8 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −5 | +1.0 | ||||||
| 36 | 19 | 2-13 | 1-8 | 14-14 | −3 | +1.4 | ||||||||
| 33 | 24 | 7-17 | 3-7 | 7-11 | 0 | +10.4 | ||||||||
| 31 | 13 | 5-10 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 3-6 | 0 | +2 | +1.5 | |||||
| 26 | 8 | 2-6 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 0 | +10 | −0.4 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 28 | 11 | 4-19 | 3-12 | 0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −22 | −10.7 | ||||
| 15 | 6 | 2-5 | 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −0.3 | ||
| 12 | 3 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −3.5 | |||
| 11 | 10 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | −1 | +3.6 | ||||
| 10 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −1.2 | |||
| Team | 111 | 33-9036.7% | 16-4833.3% | 57 | 25 | 14 | 25 | 29-3974.4% | 10 | 6 | 6 | |||
Bench 30 points on 11 for 34 shooting
Did not play: Ryan Anderson, Gary Clark and Chris Clemons (coach’s decision).
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PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
Giannis Antetokounmpo had 30 points (12 in the third quarter), 13 rebounds and 11 assists, his first triple-double of the season, and the Milwaukee Bucks rallied from 16 points down in the second quarter to beat the Houston Rockets 117-111 in the season opener for both teams at Toyota Center.
The Bucks trailed 66-50 at halftime. They outscored the Rockets 67-45 the rest of the way.
During clutch time, the Bucks outscored the Rockets 16-7. Brook Lopez scored 6 of the Bucks’ 16 on 2 for 2 shooting and 2 for 2 at the line. In the fourth quarter, George Hill had 4 of his 7 assists off the bench, all with the game within 5 points.
The Bucks had 7 players in double-digit scoring.
For the Rockets, Russell Westbrook had 24 points (16 in the fourth quarter), 16 rebounds and 7 assists, and James Harden went 1 for 8 from 3. Westbrook scored 16 of his 24 points in the fourth quarter.
The Bucks shot 46.5% from the field and 34.8% from 3 to the Rockets’ 36.7% and 33.3%. The Rockets’ starters outscored the Bucks 38-27 in 16 minutes together. Antetokounmpo fouled out.
Milwaukee BucksHouston RocketsPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. The Bucks’ chance bottomed out at 5.3% (3rd quarter, 7:33 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
108 points from the field on 99 shots: 5.2 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 15-22 | 68.2% | 64% |
| In the paint | 8-20 | 40.0% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 7-11 | 63.6% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 5-13 | 38.5% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 11-33 | 33.3% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P.J. Tucker | 32 | 13 | 5-8 | +1 |
| Clint Capela | 8 | 7 | 2-3 | +4 |
| James Harden | 6 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Danuel House Jr. | 6 | 4 | 2-4 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 16 | 10 | 4-7 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 34 points on 69 possessions. He usually scores about 27 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Harden | 20 | 2 | 1-2 | −2 |
| Danuel House Jr. | 16 | 2 | 1-2 | −1 |
| Eric Gordon | 10 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Russell Westbrook | 8 | 3 | 1-3 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 7 | 3-4 | +5 |
The tracking credits him with 14 points on 67 possessions. He usually scores about 13 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P.J. Tucker | 14 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Thabo Sefolosha | 7 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Eric Gordon | 6 | 4 | 2-2 | +3 |
| James Harden | 4 | 2 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 11 | 5 | 2-3 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 11 points on 43 possessions. He usually scores about 7 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
HOU win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
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Highest Leverage Moments
Middleton 26' 3PT Jump Shot (11 PTS) (Bledsoe 1 AST)
Q4 3:38
26.8%
47→21
Matthews 26' 3PT Jump Shot (14 PTS) (Hill 6 AST)
Q4 1:32
19.1%
24→5
Middleton 27' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (8 PTS)
Q4 6:34
19.1%
62→43
Tucker 3PT Jump Shot (17 PTS) (Harden 14 AST)
Q4 1:52
16.8%
7→24
Westbrook 25' 3PT Jump Shot (19 PTS)
Q4 4:47
16.4%
24→40
