Final: Celtics 99, Chicago 121 - Another killer loss

TIP OFF: 7:30 p.m. @ United Center
RADIO: 98.5 The Sports Hub
TV: NBC Sports Boston

Predicted Starting Lineups

• Boston starts the 4th on an 8-0 run. Kemba Walker has 5 of those points and is up to 33 on the night


• A Grant Williams 3-pointer cut the lead to 8


• Boston has missed 4 free throws in this comeback attempt. That's going to be an issue


• Chicago put this game away with a 12-2 run. Goodnight everyone.

• Jayson Tatum is 2-11. Boston needs to come up with a play to get him going to the basket, either in the post or somehow off a pick, and maybe get him to the free throw line.


• Kemba Walker is keeping the Celtics close, but they're in a big funk right now


• Brad Stevens turned to Tacko Fall out of desperation. Chicago is starting to score at will while Boston is ice cold


• Coby White is on fire. He's 6-11 from 3. Boston is down 80-66. It's within reach, but not the way Boston is playing


• The Tacko Fall minutes were not great. This is just a bad game


• The Celtics looked like they were going into the 4th down 17, but they fouled Lauri Markkanen and Kemba Walker drew a tech with 1 second left. Markkanen hit all 3 free throws.

• Pritchard is off right now. He's 0-3 so far


• Aaron Nesmith is still a ball of energy, but he's struggling a little defensively


• Jabari Parker is struggling so far. He did manage a block, but he's been otherwise bad on both ends


• Tristan Thompson is looking for is offense way too much. That's a recipe for disaster. He needs to get his points on pick-and-rolls and offensive rebounds


• Now Coby White has gotten hot and Chicago's lead is 14. Bulls are on an 11-2 run

• Evan Fournier is off to a hot start, hitting his first 3 shots and scoring 7 early points


• Jayson Tatum is 0-3 to start


• With 2:40 to go, Kemba Walker has 9 and Fournier is up to 13 in the quarter. Fournier hasn't missed. Kemba is 3-6


• It's not surprising that Nikola Vucevic is hurting Boston. he has 7  points and 5 assists, giving him a hand in 7 of Chicago's 8 baskets


• The Celtics are getting caught over-helping. They've gotten stuck in rotation after that, allowing open Chicago looks.


• The stat lines are remarkably similar: Boston is 11-24 (4-12 3pt) and Chicago is 11-25 (4-10 3pt). The difference in this game so far is Boston is 2-2 from the line while Chicago is 4-4

• Point Spread: Celtics -4


• Over-Under: 224 points


• Money line: Celtics -180, Bulls +160

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