⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their fifteen- Won the glass, 47 rebounds to 29
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q4 10:26 · WSH 95-76 CHI
Bad plays
- Technical
Brendan Haywood Technical Foul
Q4 10:55 · WSH 87-73 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Jalen Rose Technical Foul
Q3 1:20 · WSH 78-65 CHI
📊The numbers
| WSH | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 57% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 3 | Threes made | 2 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 18% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 35 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 27 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 6 | Steals | 4 |
| 1 | Blocks | 4 |
