⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 32-15 off them- A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14 in the fourth quarter
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 took them from 9 down to 2 up
Q1 6:47 · WSH 13-11 CHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q3 11:40 · WSH 54-43 CHI
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 14
Q4 7:01 · WSH 96-82 CHI
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Antonio Daniels misses flagrant free throw 2 of 2
Q4 1:31 · WSH 106-95 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q1 8:45 · WSH 2-11 CHI
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 5
Q2 4:31 · WSH 42-37 CHI
Bad plays
- Technical
Ben Wallace technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 4:48 · WSH 93-82 CHI
- Flagrant
Andres Nocioni flagrant foul type 1 (Antonio Daniels draws the foul)
Q4 1:31 · WSH 106-95 CHI
📊The numbers
| WSH | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 9 | Threes made | 13 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 48% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 20 | Assists | 24 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 32 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 10 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
