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Washington Wizards at Chicago Bulls

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17-64, 9-31 Away
Final
89 - 119

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

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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 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 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
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