Chicago Bulls – Washington Wizards · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 11 January 2023

CHI97–100WAS

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Home team's win probability across the game (source: ESPN). The band rises when WAS leads and falls when CHI does.

This is how the game was decided.

Kyle Kuzma decided it, the Washington Wizards player with the most points (21, with 4 rebounds and 3 assists; +11 with him on the floor). The criterion: the winner's points in the box score; plus-minus says who was on the floor when the game opened up.

The game-winner in Washington Wizards 100-97 Chicago Bulls (January 11, 2023) was hit by Kyle Kuzma: a three-pointer with 6.0 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Washington Wizards up 100-97. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Washington Wizards 100-97 Chicago Bulls (January 11, 2023) was a 11-0 run by the Chicago Bulls in the second quarter (from 3:57 to 1:12), from 46-44 to 57-44. The Washington Wizards' best was a 8-0 run in the second quarter (from 9:39 to 8:38), from 28-36 to 36-36.

What were the keys of the last Washington Wizards vs Chicago Bulls game?

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Play: Kyle Kuzma makes 28-foot three pointer.

I count as the game-winner the basket that puts the winning team ahead for good. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

A run here is consecutive points by one team without the opponent scoring. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

Source: the game's official box score and play-by-play.

Kyle Kuzma decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 6 seconds left in the fourth quarter, and the opponent never led again.

It is one of the 5 games he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Kuzma decided

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A game is decided by the last basket that puts a team ahead in the final ten seconds of the fourth quarter or of an overtime, if that team wins.

11 January 2023 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401468774:599; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · CHI

LaVine · Vucevic · Williams · Caruso · White

Closing lineup · WAS

Kuzma · Avdija · Morris · Gibson · Wright

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CHI

Zach LaVine

41′ · +5

Nikola Vucevic

39′ · -2

Patrick Williams

33′ · -9

Ayo Dosunmu

29′ · -4

Alex Caruso

28′ · -16

Coby White

29′ · +6

Derrick Jones Jr.

18′ · +5

Goran Dragic

15′ · -1

Andre Drummond

8′ · +1

WAS

Kyle Kuzma

38′ · +11

Deni Avdija

35′ · +1

Monte Morris

29′ · +7

Taj Gibson

25′ · +6

Corey Kispert

25′ · +9

Rui Hachimura

20′ · -12

Delon Wright

25′ · -4

Anthony Gill

23′ · -3

Will Barton

8′ · -3

Jordan Goodwin

14′ · +3

Each bar is a stint on the floor (source: NBA). The number is minutes played and the team's +/− with him on the court. CHI and WAS.

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Chicago Bulls

Caruso, Williams, Dosunmu, Vucevic, and LaVine played 16.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 13 points.
White, Williams, Dosunmu, Vucevic, and LaVine played 8.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 6 points.
Jones, White, Dragic, Drummond, and LaVine played 4.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.

Washington Wizards

Kuzma, Morris, Avdija, Kispert, and Gibson played 15.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 9 points.
Wright, Kuzma, Hachimura, Gill, and Barton played 8.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Wright, Kuzma, Morris, Avdija, and Gibson played 5.3 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.

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Chicago Bulls

Caruso, White, Williams, Vucevic, and LaVine played 3.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Jones, White, Dosunmu, Vucevic, and LaVine played 2.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Jones, Caruso, White, Dragic, and Vucevic played 2.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Jones, White, Dragic, Vucevic, and LaVine played 2.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Jones, White, Williams, Dragic, and Drummond played 2.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Jones, Caruso, Dosunmu, Vucevic, and LaVine played 1.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Jones, Caruso, Dragic, Vucevic, and LaVine played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Jones, Caruso, White, Williams, and Dragic played 1.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.

Washington Wizards

Wright, Hachimura, Avdija, Gill, and Goodwin played 3.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Wright, Kuzma, Gill, Kispert, and Goodwin played 2.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Wright, Hachimura, Gill, Kispert, and Goodwin played 2.3 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Morris, Hachimura, Avdija, Kispert, and Gibson played 2.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Wright, Kuzma, Hachimura, Avdija, and Gibson played 2.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Kuzma, Morris, Avdija, Gill, and Goodwin played 1.8 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 7 points.
Morris, Hachimura, Avdija, Gill, and Goodwin played 1.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Kuzma, Morris, Avdija, Gill, and Kispert played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Morris, Avdija, Gill, Kispert, and Goodwin played 1.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.

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The lineups come from the NBA's official rotation: who was on the floor and when. Each lineup's plus-minus is worked out from every player's stints and is only shown when they all add up with each other and with the final score.

Zach LaVine covered 4.57 km, more than anyone in the game.

Zach LaVine touched the ball 78 times, a game high.
Deni Avdija made 54 passes, a game high.
Deni Avdija defended 10 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 7.
Deni Avdija had 25 rebound chances, a game high.

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Chicago Bulls

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Zach LaVine	4.57	6.3	78	39
Nikola Vučević	4.14	6.0	70	52
Patrick Williams	3.80	6.4	33	23
Ayo Dosunmu	3.67	7.1	47	38
Alex Caruso	3.41	6.9	58	43
Coby White	3.30	6.3	49	36
Derrick Jones Jr.	2.22	6.8	19	15
Goran Dragic	1.67	6.3	29	20
Andre Drummond	0.92	6.2	5	4

Washington Wizards

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Kyle Kuzma	4.38	6.5	52	26
Deni Avdija	4.07	6.6	68	54
Monte Morris	3.44	6.8	62	47
Corey Kispert	3.20	7.2	29	21
Delon Wright	2.90	6.5	50

The figures come from the NBA's optical tracking (NBA.com) for this game; speed is each player's average while on the floor.

Who stood out on defense during the season

These figures cover the whole 2022-23 regular season, not this game.

Chicago Bulls

Alex Caruso deflected 3.4 passes per game over his 67 games.
He ranks 5 of 382 in the league.
Nikola Vučević contested 8.2 shots per game over his 82 games.
He ranks 29 of 382 in the league.
Coby White drew 0.11 charges per game over his 73 games.
He ranks 54 of 382 in the league.

Washington Wizards

Delon Wright deflected 3.2 passes per game over his 50 games.
He ranks 8 of 382 in the league.
Deni Avdija recovered 0.7 loose balls per game over his 76 games.
He ranks 58 of 382 in the league.
Jordan Goodwin recovered 0.7 loose balls per game over his 56 games.
He ranks 61 of 382 in the league.

Hustle figures come from the hustle stats the NBA publishes (NBA.com) and rim defense comes from its tracking; both cover the regular season. For each player in this game we show the figure that ranks him highest in the league, and for each team, the three best ranked. Ranks count players with at least 30 games and, at the rim, at least 4 defended shots per game.

The Washington Wizards have won 99 of their 218 games against the Chicago Bulls.

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Game context

Attendance

17.032

83.8% of capacity

Capital One Arena · Washington

Scoring

197

combined points

32.4 below the season average (229.4)

⚖️ The last two minutes

Official NBA L2M report: every call in the endgame, reviewed by the league.

20 calls reviewed0 no admitted errors