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The Algebra of a Tough Defeat: Freak “tips” the balance in the end

During Sunday’s Game 4 at Milwaukee’s Bradley Center, the Bucks were off-target on 35 of their 78 Field Goal attempts.

By contrast, the struggling Boston shooters misfired on 51 FGA’s – but the C’s were able to retain possession of the ball following 18 of those bricks, recording 17 points in the process.

Brad Stevens’s scrappy troops also acquired possession of 31 of those 35 Milwaukee misses. One of the other four was swatted out of bounds by Al Horford, accounting for a Buck team rebound; another ended Q3. The other two – on Milwaukee’s 3rd & 91st (and final) possessions – were snared by Giannis Antetokounmpo.