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Those results allowed Boston to win a three-way
tiebreaker with Brooklyn and Orlando. All three teams finished
with 3-1 records in tournament games.
Jaylen Brown led Boston with 30 points, eight rebounds and six
assists. Jayson Tatum finished with 21 points, and Al Horford
had 16 points, nine rebounds and six assists.
Coby White and DeMar DeRozan each tossed in 19 for the Bulls,
who have lost their last five games and eight of their last
nine. Chicago has also lost its last seven road games.
Boston's Jrue Holiday returned to the court after missing the
last two games with an ankle injury, but the Celtics were still
without Kristaps Porzingis, who injured his calf in the third
quarter of Friday's loss to Orlando and hasn't played since
then. Holiday had 14 points, nine assists and seven rebounds.
Chicago's Alex Caruso didn't play in Sunday's loss to Brooklyn
because of a toe injury, but he came off the bench to score
eight points Tuesday.
The Bulls led 10-8, but the Celtics went on a 17-3 run and led
25-13 following Sam Hauser's 3-pointer with 3:06 remaining in
the first quarter. Boston led 31-20 after 12 minutes.
The Celtics led by 22 points in the second quarter and held a
69-50 advantage at halftime. Boston made 13 of its 24 3-pointers
in the half.
Chicago put up little resistance in the third, when Boston's
lead ballooned to 32. The Celtics led 97-68 after three
quarters, and that lead got as large as 35 points in the fourth.
The victory improved Boston's home record to 8-0. The Bulls are
1-8 on the road.
--Field Level Media
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