CHICAGO (AP) — Jayson Tatum scored 35 factors and had 14 rebounds to steer the Boston Celtics previous the Chicago Bulls 138-129 in Saturday evening’s NBA Cup pool recreation.
Reserve Payton Pritchard added a season-best 29 factors, together with 11 straight throughout a fourth-quarter run that gave the Celtics the lead for good.
Nikola Vucevic scored a season-high 32 factors and had 11 rebounds for Chicago, which may have secured a spot within the Cup quarterfinals with a victory. Atlanta, which defeated Cleveland earlier within the day, secured the Group C berth and can advance to the knockout spherical.
Zach LaVine added 29 factors for the Bulls, together with 4 3-pointers to turn out to be the franchise’s profession chief in made 3s.
Tied at 108, Pritchard made 3-pointers on consecutive possessions to start out an 11-4 run that gave Boston some respiratory room. Jaylen Brown and Kristaps Porzingis every added 21 factors.
The groups traded double-digit scoring runs late within the second quarter earlier than going into halftime tied at 67.
Takeaways
Celtics: Boston had its full roster accessible for the primary time this season however solely three reserves performed important minutes. It didn’t damage that Pritchard, who performed 28 minutes and a lot of the fourth quarter, was a part of that trio.
Bulls: LaVine’s third 3-pointer with 3:05 to play pulled the Bulls inside 125-122 and made him the franchise’s profession chief. He completed with 4 3s and now has 1,051, two greater than Kirk Hinrich.
Key second
Pritchard hit a deep 3-pointer with 5:25 to play to cap his 11-point spurt and put Boston forward 119-112. He completed the evening 7 for 11 from behind the arc and scored all however 5 of the Celtics’ 34 bench factors.
Key stat
The Celtics had been 15 for 23 from the ground within the fourth quarter.
Up subsequent
Boston travels to Cleveland on Sunday. Chicago welcomes Brooklyn on Monday evening.
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