⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls got 12 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
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 34 free throws to their twenty
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Ben Gordon misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:07 · CHI 83-77 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 2
Q4 10:11 · CHI 69-67 WSH
Bad plays
- Turnover
Gilbert Arenas lost ball
Q4 4:45 · CHI 73-69 WSH
- Turnover
Brendan Haywood lost ball
Q4 3:04 · CHI 78-71 WSH
- Missed FT
Antawn Jamison misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 1:28 · CHI 83-76 WSH
📊The numbers
| CHI | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 4 | Threes made | 4 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 21% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 66 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 22 |
| 19 | Assists | 13 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
