2023-11-29 04:02:01
BOSTON (AP) — Jaylen Brown scored 30 points, Jayson Tatum had 21 and the Boston Celtics held off the Chicago Bulls 124-97 on Tuesday night to advance to the quarterfinals of the NBA In-Season Tournament. NBA.
The Celtics won the three-team tiebreaker with Orlando and Brooklyn by point difference to win Group C and move into third place in the Eastern Conference.
They will visit the second place Indiana Pacers next week.
The Celtics made a season-high 21 3-pointers, with four of them from Al Horford and the same from Jrue Holiday. All five of Boston’s starters had double-digit points.
Horford finished with 16 points and new rebounds. Holiday, who returned after missing two games with a sprained right ankle, had 14 points, nine assists and seven rebounds.
The Celtics extended the Bulls’ losing streak to five in a row. They outrebounded Chicago 51-38 and shot 52% (47 of 90) from the field.
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