⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 62 rebounds to 46- Burned in transition, 4 fast break points to 17
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 1 down to 7 up
Q1 0:10 · CHI 22-15 WSH
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q4 4:35 · CHI 78-64 WSH
Bad plays
- Technical
Luol Deng technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 0:50 · CHI 45-36 WSH
Wizards
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 6:56 · CHI 8-12 WSH
Bad plays
- Technical
technical foul
Q2 7:52 · CHI 30-24 WSH
- Technical
Jordan Crawford technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 7:24 · CHI 64-56 WSH
📊The numbers
| CHI | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 37% | Shooting from the field | 31% |
| 3 | Threes made | 3 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 9 |
| 75 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 23 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 17 | Assists | 12 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 5 |
| 10 | Blocks | 12 |
