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Washington Wizards hold off Chicago Bulls 124-120 after a 40-20 third quarter as Trae Young scores 25 and Kyshawn George 22
The Wizards won the third quarter 40-20 and held off the Bulls 124-120 in Chicago. Trae Young had 25 points and 9 assists and Kyshawn George 22 with 4 blocks, while rookie Caleb Wilson had 30 and 14 for Chicago.
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The Washington Wizards outscored the Chicago Bulls 40-20 in the third quarter and held on for a 124-120 win at the United Center on Saturday, October 24. Trae Young scored 25 with 9 assists, Kyshawn George had 22 points, 9 rebounds and 4 blocks, and Anthony Davis added 19 as Washington moved to 2-1 without No. 1 pick AJ Dybantsa, who missed a third straight game with a left ankle sprain.
Rookie Caleb Wilson had 30 points and 14 rebounds for Chicago, a night after scoring 21 in the win at Milwaukee, but the Bulls fell to 1-2. Both teams were on the second night of a back-to-back.
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How it turned
Chicago led 24-14 midway through the first quarter before Washington answered with a 14-3 run. Justin Champagnie hit a 26-foot jumper to tie it, and Deandre Ayton’s tip-in with 0.2 seconds left made it 28-27 Wizards after one. The Bulls took control late in the second. Tre Jones scored seven points in a 19-4 run, Wilson dunked twice and Chicago went up 62-52, its biggest lead. Tre Johnson’s floater and a 28-foot three with 10 seconds left cut it to 62-57 at halftime.
Washington took over in the third. George made two free throws, Bilal Coulibaly dunked, Young’s 26-foot three tied it at 64, and George’s basket put Washington ahead for good. Davis scored seven points in 73 seconds, including a three-point play, during a 26-6 run that made it 78-68. Bub Carrington and Johnson hit threes, Alex Sarr dunked twice off Young passes, and the Wizards led 97-82 after three quarters.
Young’s free throws made it 103-82 with 10:34 left, a 21-point lead. Chicago answered with 10 straight points, including a Norman Powell 25-footer and a Matas Buzelis three, to get within 103-92. George’s three-point play and a Champagnie dunk pushed the lead back to 16. Young was called for a flopping technical with 3:32 left, but his 29-foot three at 2:01 made it 117-103. Then Chicago made it close. Buzelis and Wilson each finished three-point plays, Wilson hit a 27-foot three with 54 seconds left, and Buzelis added a three to cut it to 118-115 with 23 seconds to go. Davis and Young made four straight free throws for a 122-115 lead, Powell answered with a 27-foot three at 3.4 seconds, Young made two more free throws with 2.7 seconds left, and Buddy Hield’s layup with 0.2 seconds left set the 124-120 final.
The numbers
Washington shot 45-of-94, scored 62 points in the paint and had 28 assists to 14 turnovers. Champagnie had 11 points, 14 rebounds and 4 assists with a plus-18 off the bench. His twin brother, Julian Champagnie, had 12 points for San Antonio in Dallas on the same night. Johnson scored 13, Sarr 10 with 3 blocks, and Carrington 9 on three threes. Young made 4 of 10 from deep. Davis shot 8-of-21.
Chicago’s side
The Bulls went 28-of-30 at the free-throw line and scored 34 fast-break points, but they made just 12 of 43 threes and shot 40-of-93 overall. Wilson went 10-of-24, 1-of-9 from three, and 9-of-11 at the line. Buzelis had 21 points, Powell 18 on 4-of-12 shooting with 4 steals, Jalen Smith 14, and Jones 10. Josh Giddey had 9 points, 8 rebounds and 10 assists.
What’s next
Both teams play again on Monday, October 26. The Wizards visit the Charlotte Hornets at 7 p.m. ET (2 a.m. Tuesday Cairo time), and the Bulls visit the Boston Celtics at 7:30 p.m. ET (2:30 a.m. Tuesday Cairo time).
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