⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls got 13 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, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 57 rebounds to 42- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their seventeen
- Ran them off the floor, 22 fast break points to 7
- A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up in the first 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jarvis Hayes misses technical free throw
Q2 6:15 · WSH 17-35 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up
Q1 11:45 · WSH 0-12 CHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 12-point lead to 20
Q2 3:38 · WSH 23-43 CHI
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 21-point lead to 30
Q3 2:11 · WSH 50-80 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 34% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 6 | Threes made | 9 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 56% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 15 | Assists | 28 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 9 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 4 | Steals | 8 |
| 6 | Blocks | 1 |
