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Chicago ended a four-game slide while improving to 2-1 against
the Celtics this season. Patrick Williams chipped in a
season-high 17 points for the Bulls, Nikola Vucevic notched 12
points and 13 rebounds and Andre Drummond grabbed 12 boards.
Ayo Dosunmu and Alex Caruso scored 10 points apiece for the
Bulls, while Vucevic had six assists.
Boston's Jayson Tatum amassed 28 points, 11 rebounds and seven
assists. Jaylen Brown scored 25 points, Malcolm Brogdon had 23
on 5-for-6 shooting from 3-point range and Grant Williams scored
13 points.
Marcus Smart had eight points and eight assists for the Celtics.
Boston shot 19-for-50 (38 percent) from 3-point range while the
Bulls were 14-for-29 (48.3 percent) from long distance.
After leading by as many as 21 points in the second half, the
Bulls saw their advantage whittled to eight on a Brogdon trey
with 6:38 to play. Chicago recovered, pushing the lead back to
15 before closing out the game.
Chicago led 63-50 at the halftime behind a balanced attack led
by DeRozan (13 points), LaVine (10) and Patrick Williams (nine).
The Bulls shot 49 percent in the first half while committing
just six turnovers.
Boston shot 8-for-26 (30.8 percent) from deep before halftime,
with Brown and Tatum combining to hit 3 of 10 from beyond the
arc. Both had 13 points at the half.
The Bulls were ahead by five points after one quarter thanks to
six points from Patrick Williams.
Chicago guard Goran Dragic sustained a left shoulder injury
after a collision with Boston's Sam Hauser but returned to the
game in the second quarter.
The Bulls wound up with a 51-38 rebounding edge.
--Field Level Media
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