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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Pistons | 23 | 29 | 43 | 23 | 118 |
 Bucks | 24 | 38 | 28 | 30 | 120 |
DETTeam statsMIL| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DET | 48-9849.0% | 7-2924.1% | 15-1693.8% | 53 | 28 | 17 |
| MIL | 41-9045.6% | 11-3729.7% | 27-3284.4% | 36 | 19 | 10 |
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Milwaukee Bucks120| 37 | 10 | 3-6 | 2-4 | 0 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −2.2 | |||||
| 34 | 34 | 10-25 | 2-12 | 12-13 | 0 | 0 | +5 | +3.6 | ||||||
| 26 | 14 | 5-8 | 4-6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | +0.1 | |||||
| 25 | 10 | 4-6 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | +24 | +3.8 | |||||
| 22 | 15 | 6-16 | 0-2 | 3-6 | 0 | 0 | +5 | 0.0 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 27 | 10 | 4-8 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −25 | −5.1 | ||||||
| 24 | 7 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | +7 | −1.1 | ||||||
| 23 | 18 | 7-14 | 1-4 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | −4 | +0.4 | ||||||
| 19 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −5.7 | |||
| 4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.9 | |||
| Team | 120 | 41-9045.6% | 11-3729.7% | 36 | 19 | 10 | 18 | 27-3284.4% | 5 | 8 | 7 | |||
Bench 37 points on 13 for 29 shooting
Did not play: Chris Livingston, Thanasis Antetokounmpo, Robin Lopez, Lindell Wigginton and AJ Green (coach’s decision).
Detroit Pistons118| 39 | 33 | 11-27 | 2-8 | 9-10 | 0 | 0 | −8 | 0.0 | ||||||
| 37 | 8 | 3-9 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 0 | −5 | −7.3 | |||||||
| 37 | 6 | 3-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | −6 | −4.7 | |||||||
| 29 | 14 | 6-15 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −2.4 | ||||||
| 28 | 11 | 5-10 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −0.2 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 28 | 26, Career high (his best before, 22) | 11-17 | 3-7 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | +6 | +5.0 | ||||||
| 20 | 12 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | +1 | +2.7 | |||||||
| 13 | 6 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +9 | +1.2 | ||||
| 9 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −3.8 | ||||
| Team | 118 | 48-9849.0% | 7-2924.1% | 53 | 28 | 17 | 24 | 15-1693.8% | 11 | 2 | 5 | |||
Bench 46 points on 20 for 29 shooting
Did not play: James Wiseman and Malcolm Cazalon (coach’s decision).
Bucks120Pistons118ClickTap 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.
Damian Lillard scored 34 points (18 in the fourth quarter), and the Milwaukee Bucks went on an 18-4 run in the fourth quarter to beat the Detroit Pistons 120-118.
The Pistons led 111-101 with 6:22 left in the fourth quarter. Lillard’s fadeaway put the Bucks ahead for good with 1:12 left. He scored 13 points during the run, and they led 119-115 with 42 seconds left.
The Pistons got within 119-118 on Cade Cunningham’s corner 3-pointer with 40 seconds to play. They had the ball down 1 with 11 seconds left, but Malik Beasley stole the ball from Cunningham. A basket would have put the Pistons ahead. Jae Crowder followed with a free throw, and the Pistons got no closer. They had the ball down 2 after a timeout, but Cunningham missed a 52-foot 3-pointer at the buzzer that would have put them ahead.
During clutch time, the Bucks outscored the Pistons 12-5. Lillard (No. 3 in clutch points, 2023-24) scored 8 of the Bucks’ 12 on 3 for 7 shooting and 2 for 2 at the line.
Beasley scored 10 points. The Bucks had 7 players in double-digit scoring.
For the Pistons, Cunningham had 33 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists, and Marcus Sasser added a career-high 26 points (12 in the fourth quarter) on 11 for 17 shooting off the bench.
The Bucks outscored the Pistons 18-6 off turnovers. The Bucks were outscored 23-10 in 6 minutes with Crowder, Payne, Portis, Connaughton and Beauchamp on the floor together.
Milwaukee BucksDetroit PistonsPS, 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 10% (4th quarter, 6:21 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
93 points from the field on 90 shots: 1.2 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 10-17 | 58.8% | 66% |
| In the paint | 14-25 | 56.0% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 6-11 | 54.5% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 2-6 | 33.3% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 9-31 | 29.0% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ausar Thompson | 40 | 10 | 2-5 | −1 |
| Marcus Sasser | 9 | 2 | 1-3 | −1 |
| Jalen Duren | 7 | 9 | 3-9 | +7 |
| Cade Cunningham | 6 | 2 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 14 | 5-11 | +10 |
The tracking credits him with 37 points on 74 possessions. He usually scores about 21 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marvin Bagley III | 23 | 10 | 4-7 | +3 |
| Isaiah Stewart | 11 | 0 | 0-1 | −3 |
| Ausar Thompson | 5 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Jalen Duren | 4 | 6 | 2-3 | +5 |
| Everyone else | 7 | 8 | 4-7 | +6 |
The tracking credits him with 24 points on 50 possessions. He usually scores about 15 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isaiah Stewart | 32 | 9 | 4-12 | −2 |
| Marvin Bagley III | 4 | 5 | 2-3 | +3 |
| Ausar Thompson | 4 | 2 | 1-3 | +1 |
| Cade Cunningham | 4 | 0 | 0-3 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 9 | 5 | 2-4 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 21 points on 53 possessions. He usually scores about 19 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
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Highest Leverage Moments
B. Lopez 25' 3PT Jump Shot (14 PTS) (Crowder 2 AST)
Q4 0:42
32.4%
62→95
Cunningham 3PT Jump Shot (33 PTS) (Thompson 3 AST)
Q4 0:40
31.0%
95→64
Lillard 7' Fadeaway Jumper (34 PTS)
Q4 1:12
24.9%
37→62
Lillard 2' Driving Finger Roll Layup (32 PTS)
Q4 1:33
16.9%
21→37
MISS Lillard 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
Q4 0:20
15.0%
64→79
