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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bulls | 34 | 25 | 30 | 39 | 128 |
 Celtics | 35 | 32 | 36 | 11 | 114 |
CHITeam statsBOS| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHI | 49-8657.0% | 13-3141.9% | 17-1894.4% | 50 | 30 | 14 |
| BOS | 42-9643.8% | 15-3345.5% | 15-2075.0% | 38 | 20 | 9 |
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Chicago Bulls128| 38 | 26 | 9-20 | 1-8 | 7-7 | 0 | 0 | +12 | +4.2 | ||||||
| 35 | 11 | 5-11 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +3.1 | |||||||
| 34 | 37 | 15-20 | 3-4 | 4-5 | 0 | +4 | +14.9 | |||||||
| 32 | 12 | 4-10 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −1.7 | ||||||
| 22 | 6 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −14 | +0.6 | ||||||
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| 23 | 9 | 2-5 | 1-3 | 4-4 | 0 | +21 | +1.4 | |||||||
| 22 | 14 | 6-6 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +15 | +4.4 | ||||||
| 21 | 9 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | +23 | +3.4 | ||||||
| 13 | 4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +11 | +1.4 | ||||||
| Team | 128 | 49-8657.0% | 13-3141.9% | 50 | 30 | 14 | 19 | 17-1894.4% | 10 | 7 | 8 | |||
Bench 36 points on 13 for 19 shooting
Did not play: Matt Thomas, Troy Brown Jr., Alize Johnson and Tyler Cook (coach’s decision).
Boston Celtics114| 36 | 20 | 8-22 | 1-4 | 3-4 | 0 | −24 | −4.5 | |||||||
| 34 | 28 | 10-18 | 5-8 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | +1 | +6.5 | ||||||
| 33 | 16 | 5-11 | 3-5 | 0 | 3-5 | 0 | 0 | −7 | +0.2 | |||||
| 33 | 20 | 8-15 | 3-7 | 1-1 | −10 | +3.5 | ||||||||
| 24 | 6 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −2.1 | ||||||
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| 25 | 7 | 3-7 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −21 | −3.6 | ||||||
| 21 | 13 | 3-10 | 2-4 | 0 | 5-6 | 0 | −11 | +4.3 | ||||||
| 12 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0.0 | ||||
| 11 | 4 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −1.7 | |||
| 7 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +8 | −3.1 | |||||
| 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.2 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.2 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.2 | |
| Team | 114 | 42-9643.8% | 15-3345.5% | 38 | 20 | 9 | 15 | 15-2075.0% | 13 | 10 | 1 | |||
Bench 24 points on 8 for 24 shooting
Did not play: Jabari Parker and Enes Freedom (coach’s decision).
Bulls128Celtics114ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
DeMar DeRozan scored 37 points (11 during a 15-0 run across the first and second quarters), and the Chicago Bulls rallied from 19 points down in the third quarter to beat the Boston Celtics 128-114.
The Bulls trailed 94-75 with 2:53 left in the third quarter. They outscored the Celtics 53-20 the rest of the way.
During clutch time, the Bulls outscored the Celtics 6-2. Derrick Jones Jr. scored 4 of the Bulls’ 6 on 1 for 1 shooting and 2 for 2 at the line. In the fourth quarter, Nikola Vučević had 4 of his 9 assists, 1 of them on a basket by DeRozan that tied the game and 2 on baskets by Ayo Dosunmu and DeRozan that put the Bulls ahead.
Zach LaVine had 26 points (7 during a 14-0 run across the third and fourth quarters) and 7 assists. LaVine scored 13 of his 26 points in the fourth quarter.
For the Celtics, Jaylen Brown scored 28 points with 5 3-pointers, and Al Horford added 20 points and 10 rebounds. Jayson Tatum scored 20 points. The Celtics had 3 20-point scorers.
The Bulls shot 57.0% from the field to the Celtics’ 43.8% and outscored them 54-36 in the paint. The Celtics were outscored 27-12 in 8 minutes with Horford, Smart, Richardson, Brown and Tatum on the floor together.
Chicago BullsBoston CelticsPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. The Bulls’ chance bottomed out at 2.2% (3rd quarter, 2:53 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
111 points from the field on 86 shots: 21.9 more than the league scores from the same zones.
Point at a shooter to see his shots light up; click for his shots alone.
| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 17-21 | 81.0% | 65% |
| In the paint | 10-19 | 52.6% | 43% |
| Mid-range | 9-15 | 60.0% | 41% |
| Corner 3 | 6-9 | 66.7% | 38% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 7-22 | 31.8% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcus Smart | 29 | 12 | 5-6 | +3 |
| Jaylen Brown | 10 | 7 | 2-2 | +4 |
| Jayson Tatum | 7 | 0 | 0-2 | −2 |
| Al Horford | 6 | 14 | 6-6 | +12 |
| Everyone else | 15 | 8 | 4-6 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 41 points on 67 possessions. He usually scores about 21 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaylen Brown | 21 | 10 | 4-7 | +2 |
| Josh Richardson | 21 | 4 | 2-5 | −4 |
| Jayson Tatum | 15 | 5 | 1-3 | −1 |
| Marcus Smart | 8 | 0 | 0-3 | −3 |
| Everyone else | 17 | 12 | 6-8 | +6 |
The tracking credits him with 31 points on 82 possessions. He usually scores about 31 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jayson Tatum | 10 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Payton Pritchard | 8 | 2 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Romeo Langford | 7 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Dennis Schröder | 5 | 5 | 2-2 | +4 |
| Everyone else | 12 | 5 | 2-2 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 14 points on 41 possessions. He usually scores about 7 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
BOS win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
CHI
50/50
BOS
Highest Leverage Moments
Dosunmu 27' 3PT Jump Shot (14 PTS) (Vucevic 6 AST)
Q4 6:54
19.1%
62→43
DeRozan 16' Pullup Jump Shot (31 PTS) (Vucevic 8 AST)
Q4 5:15
16.0%
56→40
Horford Putback Dunk (17 PTS)
Q4 6:37
14.7%
43→58
LaVine 5' Driving Layup (22 PTS)
Q4 6:24
14.7%
58→43
Horford 2' Driving Layup (19 PTS) (Tatum 3 AST)
Q4 6:02
14.7%
43→58
