⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Kept giving it away, eighteen turnovers to their nine
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 5:58 · CHI 16-14 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 12
Q4 3:06 · CHI 85-97 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 7:58 · CHI 8-14 WSH
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 13
Q3 2:54 · CHI 63-76 WSH
Bad plays
- Technical
Darius Songaila technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 5:15 · CHI 34-31 WSH
📊The numbers
| CHI | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 43% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 7 | Threes made | 5 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 24% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 46 | Rebounds | 75 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 16 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 12 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
