Chicago Bulls 112, Boston Celtics 114 — Recap

January 15, 2022 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Chicago Bulls 112, Boston Celtics 114. Scoring by quarter: Q1 CHI 22-32 BOS; Q2 CHI 27-22 BOS; Q3 CHI 34-30 BOS; Q4 CHI 29-30 BOS.

Top performers (box score): Nikola Vucevic (CHI) 27 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 threes on 12-of-20 shooting; Jayson Tatum (BOS) 23 points, 12 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 threes on 8-of-24 shooting; DeMar DeRozan (CHI) 23 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists on 7-of-20 shooting; Ayo Dosunmu (CHI) 21 points, 4 rebounds, 10 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-10 shooting; Jaylen Brown (BOS) 19 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists on 8-of-19 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · CHI

Nikola Vucevic

27 PTS, 6 REB, 6 AST, 2 3PM · 12-20 FG

Scoring · BOS

Jayson Tatum

23 PTS, 12 REB, 4 AST, 1 3PM · 8-24 FG

Scoring · CHI

DeMar DeRozan

23 PTS, 8 REB, 7 AST · 7-20 FG

Season highs

Ayo Dosunmu · Season-high 21 pointsAyo Dosunmu · Season-high 10 assists

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
CHI	22	27	34	29		112
BOS	32	22	30	30		114

🧮 How They Scored

CHIBOS

34Points in the paint58

11Fast-break points2

7Second-chance points17

7Points off turnovers8

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

57.5%Effective FG%53.9%

6.0%Turnover %10.1%

17.5%Offensive rebound %40.5%

0.172Free-throw rate0.211

Box Score

Chicago Bulls

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Ayo Dosunmu G	40	21	4	10	0	0	1	9-10	3-3	0-0	-6
Coby White G	39	19	3	5	0	1	0	7-16	5-10	0-0	-5
DeMar DeRozan G	37	23	8	7	0	1	2	7-20	0-0	9-9	+11
Nikola Vucevic C	35	27	6	6	2	1	1	12-20	2-7	1-1	-10
Alfonzo McKinnie F	27	4	3	1	0	0	0	2-6	0-1	0-2	-8
Malcolm Hill F	18	5	1	1	0	0	0	1-5	1-3	2-3	-3
Matt Thomas G	17	5	2	0	0	0	0	2-5	1-4	0-0	+5
Tony Bradley C	13	6	2	0	0	0	0	3-3	0-0	0-0	+8
Troy Brown Jr. F	13	2	3	1	1	0	2	1-2	0-1	0-0	-2

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jayson Tatum F	40	23	12	4	0	2	4	8-24	1-5	6-6	+11
Jaylen Brown G	36	19	7	4	4	0	1	8-19	0-5	3-4	0
Dennis Schroder G	36	16	6	8	1	0	1	6-9	1-1	3-4	+14
Robert Williams III C-F	35	14	13	6	0	2	3	5-8	0-0	4-4	+9
Al Horford C-F	30	15	8	1	0	1	1	7-11	1-3	0-0	-1
Josh Richardson G-F	29	13	1	2	1	1	0	5-9	3-5	0-0	-6
Grant Williams F	14	3	1	1	0	0	0	1-2	1-2	0-0	-3
Payton Pritchard G	12	6	1	1	0	0	1	2-6	2-5	0-0	-12
Enes Kanter C	8	5	1	0	0	0	0	2-2	0-0	1-1	-2

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Nikola Vucevic	Bench	35	27	66.0	26.6	-20.2	19.3
DeMar DeRozan	Bench	37	23	48.0	32.1	+11.6	12.4
Ayo Dosunmu	Bench	40	21	105.0	12.6	-10.8	16.9
Coby White	Bench	39	19	59.4	19.0	-8.2	8.1
Tony Bradley	Bench	13	6	100.0	11.5	+27.3	11.4
Matt Thomas	Bench	17	5	50.0	12.2	+6.6	1.7
Malcolm Hill	Bench	18	5	39.6	16.2	-1.5	0.0
Alfonzo McKinnie	Bench	27	4	29.1	12.5	-18.1	-2.2
Troy Brown Jr.	Bench	13	2	50.0	12.9	-14.2	1.4

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jayson Tatum	Bench	40	23	43.2	33.0	+17.6	9.1
Jaylen Brown	Bench	36	19	45.8	26.2	-1.7	11.0
Dennis Schroder	Bench	36	16	74.3	14.6	+22.1	15.5
Al Horford	Bench	30	15	68.2	16.7	-6.0	9.9
Robert Williams III	Bench	35	14	71.7	16.5	+15.5	15.9
Josh Richardson	Bench	29	13	72.2	13.6	-3.5	7.8
Payton Pritchard	Bench	12	6	50.0	23.3	-50.0	3.1
Enes Kanter	Bench	8	5	102.5	10.0	-4.2	10.2
Grant Williams	Bench	14	3	75.0	6.3	-6.0	4.4