Washington Wizards at Chicago Bulls

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Washington Wizards

17-64, 9-31 Away

Final
89 - 119

Chicago Bulls

38-43, 18-23 Home

Julian Phillips scores a career-high 23 points and Bulls rout Wizards 119-89

Washington Wizards vs. Chicago Bulls: Game Highlights

Matas Buzelis added 20 points and Coby White scored 16 with nine rebounds for the Bulls.

Justin Champagnie led the Wizards with 22 points and 14 rebounds and rookie Bub Carrington had 18 points and a season-high 11 assists. Tristan Vukcevic scored 17 points and Kyshawn George 10.

The Bulls are ninth in the Eastern Conference and will play a loser-out home game against the 10th-place Miami Heat in the play-in on Wednesday.

Takeaways Wizards: Washington had one of its worst games of its NBA-worst season. The Wizards lost by at least 30 points for the eighth time.

Bulls: Chicago won for the fifth time in six games, despite guard Josh Giddey sitting out with a right hand injury. Giddey joins a select few Bulls — including Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen — to reach 1,000 points, 500 assists, and 500 rebounds in a season.

Key moment Kevin Huerter hit a 3-pointer about 2 1/2 minutes into the second quarter to give the Bulls a 34-32 lead, and they never trailed again. They dominated the rest of the quarter and led 58-43 at halftime.

Key Stat The Bulls hit 20 of 22 from the free-throw line, where the Wizards made 9 of 12.

Up next The Bulls head to Philadelphia to play the 76ers on Sunday — the last day of the regular season — and the Wizards take on the Heat in Miami.

Regular Season Series

CHI wins series 3-1

Recent Plays

4th 0.0	End of Game	89 - 119
4th 0.0	End of the 4th Quarter	89 - 119
4th 3.1	shot clock turnover	89 - 119
4th 27.1	shot clock turnover	89 - 119
4th 28.0	Wizards offensive team rebound	89 - 119

Statistics

WSH		CHI
35-91	FG	43-93
38.5	Field Goal %	46.2
10-41	3PT	13-41
24.4	Three Point %	31.7
9-12	FT	20-22
75.0	Free Throw %	90.9
41	Rebounds	54
8	Offensive Rebounds	13
33	Defensive Rebounds	41
26	Assists	32
7	Steals	8
5	Blocks	7
16	Turnovers	12
2	Team Turnovers	1
18	Total Turnovers	13
0	Technical Fouls	0
0	Total Technical Fouls	0
0	Flagrant Fouls	0
23	Points Conceded Off Turnovers	14
6	Fast Break Points	21
36	Points in Paint	52
16	Fouls	13
2	Largest Lead	33

Chicago Bulls Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Noa Essengue, F	Day-To-Day	Jul 19
Ayo Dosunmu, SG	Day-To-Day	Jul 3

Washington Wizards Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Will Riley, G	Day-To-Day	Jul 20
Tre Johnson, G	Day-To-Day	Jul 20
Alex Sarr, PF	Day-To-Day	Jul 16
Kyshawn George, F	Day-To-Day	Jul 16
Bub Carrington, G	Day-To-Day	Jul 16

Game Information

United Center

Location: Chicago, IL
Attendance: 21,400 · Capacity:

2024-25 Southeast Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Orlando	41	41	.500	-	L1
Atlanta	40	42	.488	1	W3
Miami	37	45	.451	4	L1
Charlotte	19	63	.232	22	L7
Washington	18	64	.220	23	W1

2024-25 Central Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	-	18	L1	0.7804878	64
Indiana	14	32	W1	0.6097561	50
Milwaukee	16	34	W8	0.58536583	48
Detroit	20	38	L2	0.5365854	44
Chicago	25	43	W3	0.47560975	39

Full Standings

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