⏱️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 first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 32
A 14-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 28 in the third quarter
Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their eleven
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.

Bulls
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q1 8:08 · CHI 11-11 WSH
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Tyson Chandler missed Flagrant Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q3 10:03 · CHI 42-59 WSH

Wizards
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 4:22 · CHI 13-22 WSH
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 28
Q3 8:10 · CHI 45-73 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 18-point lead to 26
Q4 3:50 · CHI 75-101 WSH
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Brendan Haywood Flagrant Foul Type 1
Q3 10:03 · CHI 42-59 WSH
- Technical
Kwame Brown Technical Foul
Q4 1:19 · CHI 75-101 WSH
- Technical
Kwame Brown Technical Foul
Q4 1:19 · CHI 75-101 WSH
📊The numbers
| CHI | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 4 | Threes made | 1 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 30 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 62 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 18 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |








