Boston Celtics 99, Chicago Bulls 121 — Recap

May 7, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Boston Celtics 99, Chicago Bulls 121. Scoring by quarter: Q1 BOS 28-30 CHI; Q2 BOS 18-30 CHI; Q3 BOS 28-34 CHI; Q4 BOS 25-27 CHI.

Top performers (box score): Kemba Walker (BOS) 33 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 6 threes on 10-of-22 shooting; Coby White (CHI) 25 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 7 threes on 9-of-16 shooting; Zach LaVine (CHI) 25 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 10-of-24 shooting; Nikola Vucevic (CHI) 18 points, 14 rebounds, 10 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-16 shooting; Evan Fournier (BOS) 17 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-11 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · BOS

Kemba Walker

33 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST, 6 3PM · 10-22 FG

Scoring · CHI

Coby White

25 PTS, 7 REB, 5 AST, 7 3PM · 9-16 FG

Scoring · CHI

Zach LaVine

25 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST, 3 3PM · 10-24 FG

Season highs

Nikola Vucevic · Season-high 10 assistsCoby White · Season-high 7 threes

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
BOS	28	18	28	25		99
CHI	30	30	34	27		121

🧮 How They Scored

BOSCHI

44Points in the paint34

9Fast-break points2

13Second-chance points9

17Points off turnovers20

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

47.1%Effective FG%52.5%

11.9%Turnover %7.8%

22.9%Offensive rebound %29.4%

0.267Free-throw rate0.182

Box Score

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jayson Tatum F	38	9	6	3	2	0	3	3-15	0-7	3-4	-22
Evan Fournier G-F	36	17	6	3	1	1	2	7-11	3-4	0-0	-4
Kemba Walker G	35	33	4	3	1	1	2	10-22	6-13	7-8	-4
Marcus Smart G	32	4	8	5	1	0	3	2-7	0-4	0-1	-19
Tristan Thompson C-F	27	8	10	1	0	2	1	3-7	0-0	2-4	0
Aaron Nesmith G-F	13	4	5	1	0	0	0	1-2	0-0	2-2	-13
Grant Williams F	12	9	2	0	0	1	0	2-5	1-4	4-4	-1
Payton Pritchard G	11	2	0	1	0	0	0	1-4	0-3	0-0	-15
Luke Kornet F-C	10	4	2	0	0	1	0	2-3	0-1	0-0	-6
Jabari Parker F	10	4	2	0	0	1	1	2-4	0-1	0-0	-10
Tacko Fall C	6	2	2	0	0	1	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	-10
Carsen Edwards G	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	1-2	1-2	0-0	-2
Romeo Langford G	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-2
Tremont Waters G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-2

Chicago Bulls

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Zach LaVine G	33	25	5	2	2	0	0	10-24	3-9	2-2	+4
Coby White G	33	25	7	5	1	1	2	9-16	7-12	0-0	+13
Nikola Vucevic C	32	18	14	10	2	1	4	7-16	2-5	2-2	+12
Daniel Theis F	29	9	8	0	1	0	0	3-9	1-3	2-2	+7
Garrett Temple G-F	29	4	6	0	0	0	0	1-5	1-2	1-2	+17
Patrick Williams F	27	7	4	2	2	0	1	3-7	1-3	0-0	+9
Thaddeus Young F	18	9	3	1	1	1	2	2-6	0-0	5-5	+11
Lauri Markkanen F	14	8	2	0	0	0	0	1-5	1-3	5-5	+6
Tomas Satoransky G-F	13	4	1	4	0	1	0	2-6	0-1	0-0	+5
Javonte Green G-F	6	3	1	0	0	0	0	1-1	1-1	0-0	+10
Devon Dotson G	2	4	0	0	1	0	0	2-2	0-0	0-0	+4
Ryan Arcidiacono G	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	1-1	1-1	0-0	+4
Denzel Valentine G	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	+4
Cristiano Felicio F-C	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+4

🔬 Advanced Stats

Boston CelticsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Kemba Walker	Bench	35	33	64.7	33.3	-6.8	17.1
Evan Fournier	Bench	36	17	77.3	15.3	-6.7	12.7
Jayson Tatum	Bench	38	9	26.8	21.7	-29.4	1.9
Grant Williams	Bench	12	9	66.6	23.3	-10.8	16.7
Tristan Thompson	Bench	27	8	45.7	14.7	-1.9	9.8
Luke Kornet	Bench	10	4	66.7	13.6	-43.9	12.8
Marcus Smart	Bench	32	4	26.9	13.9	-28.4	4.4
Aaron Nesmith	Bench	13	4	69.4	10.0	-47.8	9.1
Jabari Parker	Bench	10	4	50.0	19.2	-52.6	8.6
Carsen Edwards	Bench	3	3	75.0	37.5	-28.6	5.6
Payton Pritchard	Bench	11	2	25.0	14.8	-56.9	0.0
Tacko Fall	Bench	6	2	50.0	13.3	-71.4	3.1
Tremont Waters	Bench	3	0	0.0	12.5	-28.6	-5.6
Romeo Langford	Bench	3	0	0.0	12.5	-28.6	5.6

Chicago BullsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Zach LaVine	Bench	33	25	50.2	28.9	+5.9	13.6
Coby White	Bench	33	25	78.1	21.4	+19.1	19.6
Nikola Vucevic	Bench	32	18	53.3	26.6	+17.9	18.9
Daniel Theis	Bench	29	9	45.5	13.7	+13.5	7.0
Thaddeus Young	Bench	18	9	54.9	25.6	+37.1	9.3
Lauri Markkanen	Bench	14	8	55.6	20.6	+24.6	7.8
Patrick Williams	Bench	27	7	50.0	12.5	+19.9	5.8
Garrett Temple	Bench	29	4	34.0	8.7	+33.7	-0.5
Tomas Satoransky	Bench	13	4	33.3	21.4	+23.1	10.2
Devon Dotson	Bench	2	4	100.0	40.0	+55.0	29.4
Javonte Green	Bench	6	3	150.0	7.1	+58.3	11.6
Ryan Arcidiacono	Bench	2	3	150.0	20.0	+55.0	23.5
Denzel Valentine	Bench	2	2	100.0	20.0	+55.0	17.6
Cristiano Felicio	Bench	2	0	0.0	0.0	+55.0	5.9