Even back when it was still a game, in the first quarter, the Bucks were making plays that suggested it was their night, if not their month, if not their season.
Up 20–12, Donte DiVincenzo caught the Clippers sleeping on an out-of-bounds play, called for the ball under the hoop, and got it. But Montrezl Harrell recovered quickly and blocked DiVincenzo.
But as we have seen so many times throughout the season, DiVincenzo stayed aware, stayed hustling, and grabbed his own blocked shot. Instead of going back up in what was by then a thicket of three Clippers under the hoop, DiVincenzo dribbled out of trouble, found Wesley Matthews spotting up in the corner, kept moving, got the ball back, and always in motion, went to the rim and got fouled.