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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Suns | 33 | 30 | 27 | 32 | 122 |
 Bucks | 30 | 30 | 31 | 41 | 132 |
PHXTeam statsMIL| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHX | 50-9353.8% | 14-3145.2% | 8-1172.7% | 27 | 33 | 11 |
| MIL | 47-8754.0% | 15-3246.9% | 23-2979.3% | 48 | 31 | 14 |
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Milwaukee Bucks132| 38 | 24 | 7-13 | 4-5 | 6-6 | 0 | +14 | +8.9 | |||||||
| 36 | 44, Season high (his best before, 34) | 16-27 | 5-9 | 7-7 | 0 | 0 | +21 | +15.0 | ||||||
| 32 | 9 | 2-8 | 2-5 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | +11 | −5.0 | |||||
| 32 | 10 | 3-5 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +17 | +2.6 | ||||||
| 31 | 19 | 8-13 | 0-1 | 3-6 | −8 | +6.5 | ||||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 26 | 12 | 5-10 | 1-6 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | +6 | −0.1 | ||||
| 22 | 14 | 6-10 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 1-3 | 0 | +8 | +8.6 | |||||
| 14 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −1.2 | |||||
| 9 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −11 | −2.1 | |||
| 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.1 | |
| Team | 132 | 47-8754.0% | 15-3246.9% | 48 | 31 | 14 | 19 | 23-2979.3% | 14 | 9 | 6 | |||
Bench 26 points on 11 for 21 shooting
Did not play: Thanasis Antetokounmpo (coach’s decision).
Phoenix Suns122| 42 | 14 | 6-14 | 2-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −11 | −4.1 | |||||
| 36 | 23 | 9-19 | 3-7 | 2-2 | 0 | −17 | +1.9 | |||||||
| 35 | 19 | 7-12 | 4-8 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | −7 | +5.4 | ||||||
| 34 | 17 | 5-12 | 3-6 | 0 | 4-6 | 0 | −4 | +1.2 | ||||||
| 33 | 30, Season high (his best before, 28) | 14-19 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0 | −11 | +8.6 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 21 | 5 | 2-5 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0 | +1 | −3.8 | |||||||
| 18 | 8 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | −3 | +3.1 | |||||||
| 13 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | −3 | −0.6 | |||||||
| 9 | 6 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +5 | +0.8 | |||
| Team | 122 | 50-9353.8% | 14-3145.2% | 27 | 33 | 11 | 20 | 8-1172.7% | 6 | 8 | 4 | |||
Bench 19 points on 9 for 17 shooting
Did not play: Ish Wainright and Elfrid Payton (coach’s decision).
Bucks132Suns122ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
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.
Khris Middleton scored a season-high 44 points, and the defending champion Milwaukee Bucks closed the fourth quarter on a 12-1 run to beat the Phoenix Suns 132-122 for their fourth straight win.
The Suns led 121-120 when Jordan Nwora’s 18-foot floater put the Bucks ahead for good with 2:52 left. Middleton scored 7 points during the run.
During clutch time, the Bucks outscored the Suns 14-8. Middleton scored 6 of the Bucks’ 14 on 2 for 4 shooting and 2 for 2 at the line.
Jrue Holiday had 24 points (17 in the fourth quarter), 9 assists and 4 steals. Jrue Holiday scored 17 of his 24 points in the fourth quarter.
For the Suns, Deandre Ayton had a season-high 30 points (20 in the paint) and 8 rebounds on 14 for 19 shooting, and Cameron Payne added 23 points and 8 assists. Jae Crowder had 19 points and 7 assists.
The Suns gave up 14 offensive rebounds, about 6 more than usual for the shots the Bucks missed. They did not make a field goal in the last 3:13. Giannis Antetokounmpo fouled out.
Milwaukee BucksPhoenix SunsPS, 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. Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
109 points from the field on 87 shots: 16.5 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 20-27 | 74.1% | 65% |
| In the paint | 3-13 | 23.1% | 43% |
| Mid-range | 9-15 | 60.0% | 41% |
| Corner 3 | 1-6 | 16.7% | 38% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 14-26 | 53.8% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mikal Bridges | 31 | 15 | 5-6 | +6 |
| Jae Crowder | 12 | 6 | 2-6 | +2 |
| Deandre Ayton | 11 | 13 | 6-7 | +10 |
| Cameron Payne | 8 | 7 | 3-5 | +5 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 8 | 3-6 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 49 points on 76 possessions. He usually scores about 23 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Landry Shamet | 23 | 8 | 2-4 | +1 |
| Mikal Bridges | 15 | 4 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Cameron Payne | 14 | 2 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Aaron Holiday | 10 | 0 | 0-2 | −3 |
| Everyone else | 21 | 12 | 5-9 | +6 |
The tracking credits him with 26 points on 83 possessions. He usually scores about 24 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deandre Ayton | 19 | 6 | 2-4 | −2 |
| Jae Crowder | 14 | 8 | 4-6 | +2 |
| Bismack Biyombo | 9 | 2 | 1-1 | −2 |
| JaVale McGee | 8 | 2 | 1-1 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 24 | 11 | 5-10 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 29 points on 75 possessions. He usually scores about 32 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.
MIL win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
PHX
50/50
MIL
Highest Leverage Moments
Crowder 27' 3PT Jump Shot (19 PTS) (Bridges 6 AST)
Q4 3:13
20.2%
67→47
Middleton 26' 3PT Jump Shot (35 PTS) (Allen 6 AST)
Q4 5:34
19.0%
37→56
Crowder 27' 3PT Jump Shot (13 PTS) (Shamet 5 AST)
Q4 10:47
15.3%
53→37
Bridges 3PT Running Jump Shot (8 PTS) (Crowder 7 AST)
Q4 9:30
13.9%
43→29
Crowder 27' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (16 PTS)
Q4 3:48
13.1%
68→55
