⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 16 points better than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 64 rebounds to 48- A 14-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 22 in the first quarter
- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their thirteen, and outscored them 14-6 off them
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q1 11:34 · WSH 10-0 CHI
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 22
Q1 7:00 · WSH 28-6 CHI
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 20
Q4 5:03 · WSH 93-73 CHI
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Gilbert Arenas missed Technical Free Throw.
Q1 3:29 · WSH 26-6 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 23-point deficit to 15
Q3 0:52 · WSH 77-62 CHI
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 11
Q4 1:25 · WSH 93-82 CHI
Bad plays
- Technical
Tyson Chandler Technical Foul. His 1st Technical Foul.
Q1 3:29 · WSH 26-6 CHI
📊The numbers
| WSH | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 34% |
| 6 | Threes made | 6 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 75 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 16 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Steals | 9 |
| 10 | Blocks | 0 |
