Jaylen Brown scored a career-high 32 points (21 on 7 3-pointers), and the Boston Celtics went on an 18-6 run in the fourth quarter to beat the Chicago Bulls 111-104.
The Bulls led 86-84 with 9:30 left in the fourth quarter. Jonathan Gibson’s 28-foot 3-pointer put the Celtics ahead for good with 8:57 left. He made 2 3-pointers, both on passes from Greg Monroe during the run, and they led 102-92 with 3:46 left.
In the fourth quarter, Jerian Grant had 5 of his 8 assists off the bench, 2 of them on baskets by Sean Kilpatrick that tied the game. In that stretch, Justin Holiday had 2 of his 3 steals, and the Bulls scored 2 points off them.
Monroe had 19 points, 11 rebounds and a season-high 10 assists on 8 for 10 shooting off the bench, his first triple-double of the season.
For the Bulls, Kilpatrick scored a season-high 24 points on 8 for 13 shooting off the bench, and Lauri Markkanen added 20 points (8 in the second quarter) on 7 for 11 shooting. Grant had 15 points, 8 assists and 5 steals off the bench. Kilpatrick scored 14 of his 24 points in the fourth quarter.
The Celtics shot 55.6% from the field to the Bulls’ 46.5%.