Boston Celtics 111, Chicago Bulls 114 — Recap

January 24, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Boston Celtics 111, Chicago Bulls 114. Scoring by quarter: Q1 BOS 28-30 CHI; Q2 BOS 30-22 CHI; Q3 BOS 27-36 CHI; Q4 BOS 26-26 CHI.

Top performers (box score): Jaylen Brown (BOS) 33 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 threes on 14-of-28 shooting; Coby White (CHI) 22 points, 1 rebounds, 7 assists, 5 threes on 6-of-16 shooting; Anfernee Simons (BOS) 21 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 5 threes on 8-of-16 shooting; Nikola Vucevic (CHI) 16 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-10 shooting; Derrick White (BOS) 15 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 threes on 5-of-18 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · BOS

Jaylen Brown

33 PTS, 8 REB, 5 AST, 2 3PM · 14-28 FG

Scoring · CHI

Coby White

22 PTS, 1 REB, 7 AST, 5 3PM · 6-16 FG

Scoring · BOS

Anfernee Simons

21 PTS, 4 REB, 5 AST, 5 3PM · 8-16 FG

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

📊 Game Flow

BOS 8 largest lead Q2 1:33 (BOS 56, CHI 48) · 8-0 run, Q3 2:25–Q4 11:17

CHI 8 largest lead Q3 2:06 (BOS 80, CHI 88) · 7-0 run, Q3 11:28–Q3 10:17

Swings 21 lead changes Tied 10 times

Ahead for good: Kevin Huerter makes 22-foot three point jumper (Coby White assists) (Q4 0:01, BOS 111, CHI 114).

Clutch timeEvery score of the final five minutes

Q4 3:41 Derrick White makes driving layupBOS · BOS 107, CHI 109
Q4 3:29 Nikola Vucevic makes 1-foot layup (Josh Giddey assists)CHI · BOS 107, CHI 111
Q4 2:23 Jaylen Brown makes running layupBOS · BOS 109, CHI 111
Q4 0:14 Jaylen Brown makes driving layupBOS · BOS 111, CHI 111
Q4 0:01 Kevin Huerter makes 22-foot three point jumper (Coby White assists)CHI · BOS 111, CHI 114

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
BOS	28	30	27	26		111
CHI	30	22	36	26		114

🧮 How They Scored

BOSCHI

52Points in the paint42

8Fast-break points18

15Second-chance points11

18Points off turnovers5

43Bench points36

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

52.0%Effective FG%62.9%

5.5%Turnover %14.5%

18.2%Offensive rebound %21.1%

0.091Free-throw rate0.094

Box Score

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Derrick White G	39	15	7	7	1	1	0	5-18	3-11	2-2	+1
Jaylen Brown G	37	33	8	5	1	1	2	14-28	2-8	3-4	-13
Payton Pritchard G	29	10	3	7	0	0	1	4-10	1-3	1-1	-4
Anfernee Simons G	28	21	4	5	2	0	2	8-16	5-11	0-0	0
Sam Hauser F	24	8	4	3	2	0	0	3-7	2-6	0-0	-12
Neemias Queta C	24	6	3	0	2	1	0	2-6	0-1	2-2	+3
Jordan Walsh G	18	7	1	0	0	0	0	3-5	1-3	0-0	+8
Luka Garza C	14	4	2	1	0	1	1	2-4	0-2	0-0	-3
Hugo González G	11	3	1	0	2	0	0	1-1	1-1	0-0	+7
Amari Williams F-C	10	2	2	0	0	1	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	-3
Baylor Scheierman G	6	2	3	0	0	0	0	1-3	0-1	0-0	+1

Chicago Bulls

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Vucevic C	35	16	7	6	1	2	1	7-10	2-2	0-0	-7
Coby White G	32	22	1	7	0	0	4	6-16	5-9	5-5	+5
Matas Buzelis F	32	14	8	5	0	1	2	5-13	4-10	0-0	+15
Jalen Smith F-C	27	14	9	0	0	0	0	6-10	2-5	0-0	+11
Isaac Okoro F-G	27	12	2	1	0	2	0	5-9	2-6	0-1	+8
Kevin Huerter G	24	12	6	3	1	0	0	5-7	2-3	0-0	+5
Josh Giddey G	24	4	8	10	0	0	5	1-6	0-2	2-2	-5
Ayo Dosunmu G	23	10	2	0	0	1	3	4-9	2-5	0-0	-10
Patrick Williams F	16	10	1	0	0	0	0	4-5	2-3	0-0	-7

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jaylen Brown	Starter	37	33	55.4	36.9	-18.3	17.0
Derrick White	Starter	39	15	39.7	21.8	+1.4	8.8
Payton Pritchard	Starter	29	10	47.9	15.1	-12.7	9.1
Sam Hauser	Starter	24	8	57.1	11.9	-31.6	9.0
Amari Williams	Starter	10	2	100.0	4.2	-21.0	7.6
Anfernee Simons	Bench	28	21	65.6	29.5	+2.4	13.0
Jordan Walsh	Bench	18	7	70.0	12.5	+28.4	6.8
Neemias Queta	Bench	24	6	43.6	12.5	+3.8	5.7
Luka Garza	Bench	14	4	50.0	15.2	-16.5	5.8
Hugo González	Bench	11	3	150.0	3.7	+30.4	8.0
Baylor Scheierman	Bench	06	2	33.3	21.4	+7.7	5.9
Chris Boucher	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Xavier Tillman	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ron Harper Jr.	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Coby White	Starter	32	22	60.4	32.4	+8.1	10.0
Nikola Vucevic	Starter	35	16	80.0	14.5	-8.5	15.5
Jalen Smith	Starter	27	14	70.0	16.9	+25.2	12.0
Matas Buzelis	Starter	32	14	53.8	20.8	+23.4	8.7
Isaac Okoro	Starter	27	12	63.6	16.1	+13.1	7.9
Kevin Huerter	Bench	24	12	85.7	13.7	+5.3	13.8
Patrick Williams	Bench	16	10	100.0	13.2	-21.9	9.6
Ayo Dosunmu	Bench	23	10	55.6	24.5	-20.8	1.5
Josh Giddey	Bench	24	4	29.1	21.1	-13.4	9.4
Jevon Carter	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Dalen Terry	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Julian Phillips	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Lachlan Olbrich	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0