⏱️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 higher 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 better than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their seven- Shot well above their usual, fifteen of 33 from three
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q2 6:21 · CHI 59-49 WSH
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q4 8:05 · CHI 122-103 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 4
Q2 9:07 · CHI 48-44 WSH
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 8 down to 1 up
Q3 9:04 · CHI 80-81 WSH
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 8
Q4 2:45 · CHI 130-122 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHI | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 15 | Threes made | 7 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 34 | Assists | 28 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 60 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 25 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 11 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
