Final: Bulls 102, Celtics 96- Shorthanded C's too sloppy

WHO: Celtics (31-26) vs. Bulls (23-33)
WHEN: 7:30 p.m.
WHERE: TD Garden
RADIO: 98.5 The Sports Hub
TV: NBC Sports Boston

PROJECTED STARTING LINEUPS

Celtics
G: Marcus Smart
G: Jaylen Brown
SF: Jayson Tatum
PF: Semi Ojeleye
C: Tristan Thompson

Bulls
G: Coby White
G: Garrett Temple
SF: Patrick Williams
PF: Daniel Theis
C: Nikola Vucevic

LIVE COVERAGE, by John Karalis

Fourth quarter

• Tremont Waters starts the 4th at point


• Tatum hits a 3 right off the bat


• The Celtics are hitting shots. Waters is actually playing pretty well, but the Celtics are giving up easy baskets on the other end


• Jayson Tatum has put up his first career triple double


• Tatum stole a critical jump ball after a successful Brad Stevens challenge forced a jump ball. Chicago won the tip, but Tatum stole it and got two free throws out of it


• Brown returns to the scoring column after his hot first quarter, drilling a huge 3-pointer and tying the game up


• Turnovers continue to kill the C's. After the Brown shot, Boston got the ball stripped the next three trips and Chicago went on a 6-0 run


• The Celtics never recovered. Not having either of their point guards was a big problem.

• Things still aren't really coming together for the C's. They started the game making things look pretty easy but that has fallen apart. They're doing a decent job defensively running off turnovers (12 points on 7 Bulls turnovers) but they're not communicating well


• Chicago has 14 second chance points to this moment. It's a big part of why Chicago has taken a lead


• Boston went 3:17 without a basket


• Bulls win the quarter 32-18. Vucevic is doing whatever he wants. Tatum is 1-10.

• The Celtics go with Romeo Langford, Jabari Parker, Aaron Nesmith, Luke Kornet, and Grant Williams to start the second


• Langford has been the lead ball handler of this group and he's done a fine job moving the ball and finding the right guy


• This has not been the best basketball. With 5:00 left both teams have combined for 18 points


• Both teams played even in the quarter. It was not a fun quarter. We should all be glad it's over.


• Jayson Tatum only has 3 points on 1-7 shooting

• Boston opens up on a 9-0 run, hitting their first four shots and making it look pretty easy. They're getting out into transition and scoring pretty easily


• Jaylen Brown looks pretty good after the day off, hitting his first four shots


• Nic Vucevic got going, triggering a 7-2 Bulls run with a couple of buckets and an assist


• Ojeleye has hit a pair of 3 pointers and Tatum has all 3 of Boston's assists


• Brown is now up to 6 makes and 13 points at the 3:07 mark


• Celtics finished the quarter 13-19. Celtics outscored Chicago 10-0 in fast break points. They did turn it over 6 times.

• Celtics vs. Bulls spread: Celtics -6


• Celtics vs. Bulls over-under: 216.5 points


• Celtics vs. Bulls money line: Celtics -240, Bulls +200