Chicago Bulls at Boston Celtics
Final
Recap
BOSTON – Payton Pritchard scored 30 points, and the Boston Celtics raced past the Chicago Bulls 125-111 on Friday night in the NBA Cup opener for both teams. Jayson Tatum added 26 points in 34 minutes. Paul George finished with 18 points and eight assists for Boston, which has won its last four games. The Celtics got the lead up to 32 with 1:52 left in the first half. Chicago didn’t cut into the lead until the fourth quarter after Boston’s starters had already been pulled.
How the bets landed
Moneyline favoriteBOS -769 · 85% to win
WonSpreadBOS -14
PushTotalO/U 236.25 · 236 scored
UnderAgainst the consensus line at the start, across 16 books
Team stats
38%Field goal %51%
30%3-point %31%
65%Free throw %78%
51Rebounds41
20Offensive rebounds9
24Assists28
7Steals10
6Blocks2
16Turnovers14
33Fouls27
Box score
Players
| Players | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | FGM | FGA | 3PM | 3PA | FTM | FTA | PF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noa EssengueF | 16 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| Jalen SmithF | 27 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Buddy HieldG | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Caleb WilsonF | 31 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 5 |
| Tre JonesG | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| Matas BuzelisF | 20 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Leonard MillerF | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Jaylin SellersG | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Zach CollinsF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaac OkoroF | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Jordan HawkinsG | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tobe AwakaF | 12 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 |
| Norman PowellG | 31 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 4 |
| Josh GiddeyG | 25 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Totals | 238 | 111 | 51 | 24 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 35 | 92 | 15 | 50 | 26 | 40 | 33 |
