⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards fell 14 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 17 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, 42 free throws to their fifteen
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
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 14
Q3 4:37 · WSH 69-55 CHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q3 2:39 · WSH 77-57 CHI
Bad plays
- Technical
Jerry Stackhouse Technical Foul
Q2 1:21 · WSH 39-42 CHI
- Missed FT
Brendan Haywood missed Flagrant Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q3 5:05 · WSH 58-55 CHI
- Missed FT
Brendan Haywood missed Flagrant Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q3 5:05 · WSH 58-55 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Eddie Robinson Technical Foul
Q2 1:16 · WSH 39-43 CHI
- Technical
Tyson Chandler Technical Foul
Q3 6:00 · WSH 54-52 CHI
- Flagrant
Eddy Curry Flagrant Foul Type 1
Q3 5:05 · WSH 58-55 CHI
📊The numbers
| WSH | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 5 | Threes made | 5 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 32 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 19 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 1 | Fast break points | 1 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 9 | Steals | 11 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
