⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 13 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 third quarter was where it moved most, 11 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, 49 free throws to their 34- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their nineteen
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 10-point lead to 18
Q4 8:29 · WSH 101-83 CHI
Bad plays
- Technical
Etan Thomas Technical Foul. His 1st Technical Foul.
Q3 4:35 · WSH 74-69 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 4:15 · WSH 49-49 CHI
Bad plays
- Technical
Antonio Davis Technical Foul. His 1st Technical Foul.
Q4 5:03 · WSH 101-87 CHI
📊The numbers
| WSH | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 4 | Threes made | 7 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 39 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 62 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 21 | Offensive rebounds | 19 |
| 21 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 9 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
