⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ WSH better than we expected
▼ CHI better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Wizards.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Owned the paint, 68 points inside to 50- Gave up second chances, twenty offensive rebounds to their thirteen
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 9
Q4 2:50 · WSH 108-117 CHI
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Julian Reese flagrant foul type 1
Q3 1:41 · WSH 74-79 CHI
- Technical
Julian Reese technical foul
Q4 7:46 · WSH 86-102 CHI
Bulls
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 13
Q1 9:11 · WSH 4-17 CHI
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 1 down to 7 up
Q3 11:24 · WSH 53-60 CHI
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 15
Q3 1:41 · WSH 74-89 CHI
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| WSH | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 10 | Threes made | 9 |
| 26% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 24 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 20 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 24 | Assists | 26 |
| 50 | Points in the paint | 68 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 26 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 12 | Steals | 12 |
| 8 | Blocks | 4 |
