⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Wizards got 17 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
+2Q127-25
+4Q228-26
+11Q336-29
+6Q434-27
▼ CHI better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Wizards won, and why the Bulls did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, seventeen of 36 from three- Burned in transition, 13 fast break points to 28
Key battles
11Points off turnovers33
13Fast break points28
47%Three-point accuracy30%
3Blocks6
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Wizards
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q3 10:20 · WSH 68-56 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Bulls
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Patrick Williams technical foul
Q2 0:29 · WSH 54-51 CHI
📊The numbers
| WSH | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 17 | Threes made | 14 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 36 | Assists | 28 |
| 56 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 28 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 33 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 11 | Steals | 11 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
