Chicago Bulls 117, Boston Celtics 108 — Recap

December 19, 2024 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Chicago Bulls 117, Boston Celtics 108. Scoring by quarter: Q1 CHI 21-25 BOS; Q2 CHI 33-32 BOS; Q3 CHI 28-29 BOS; Q4 CHI 35-22 BOS.

Top performers (box score): Zach LaVine (CHI) 36 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 6 threes on 11-of-19 shooting; Jayson Tatum (BOS) 31 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 threes on 10-of-22 shooting; Kristaps Porzingis (BOS) 20 points, 8 rebounds, null assists, 2 threes on 7-of-17 shooting; Jaylen Brown (BOS) 19 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-17 shooting; Ayo Dosunmu (CHI) 17 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-14 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · CHI

Zach LaVine

36 PTS, 6 REB, 4 AST, 6 3PM · 11-19 FG

Scoring · BOS

Jayson Tatum

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

Scoring · BOS

Kristaps Porzingis

20 PTS, 8 REB, 0 AST, 2 3PM · 7-17 FG

Season highs

Zach LaVine · Season-high 36 points

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	21	33	28	35		117
BOS	25	32	29	22		108

🧮 How They Scored

CHIBOS

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

56.6%Effective FG%47.4%

9.1%Turnover %3.7%

25.0%Offensive rebound %20.4%

0.193Free-throw rate0.221

Box Score

Chicago Bulls

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Ayo Dosunmu G	38	17	8	4	2	—	1	7-14	3-5	—	+17
Zach LaVine G	33	36	6	4	—	—	1	11-19	6-11	8-9	+8
Nikola Vucevic C	33	16	14	4	—	1	3	7-9	2-3	—	+8
Coby White G	32	12	6	3	—	—	—	4-11	1-5	3-4	-3
Patrick Williams F	23	14	2	1	—	—	1	5-13	4-9	—	-1
Julian Phillips F	19	10	5	1	—	—	—	3-7	1-5	3-3	+8
Lonzo Ball G	18	3	3	3	—	1	2	1-7	1-7	—	+10
Jalen Smith F-C	15	—	6	1	—	—	1	—	—	—	+1
Matas Buzelis F	10	—	3	1	—	—	—	0-3	0-2	—	+1

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jayson Tatum F	37	31	10	4	2	—	1	10-22	4-11	7-9	—
Kristaps Porzingis F-C	36	20	8	—	—	3	—	7-17	2-7	4-4	-8
Jaylen Brown G	36	19	3	4	1	—	3	7-17	1-8	4-5	-19
Derrick White G	36	16	8	4	1	2	—	5-14	3-12	3-3	-9
Payton Pritchard G	30	14	6	3	1	—	—	5-12	4-10	—	-10
Jrue Holiday G	29	6	1	4	1	1	—	3-8	0-4	—	+1
Al Horford C-F	22	2	5	2	—	2	—	1-4	0-2	—	-4

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Zach LaVine	Bench	33	36	78.4	29.9	+10.1	26.0
Ayo Dosunmu	Bench	38	17	60.7	16.9	+23.8	12.2
Nikola Vucevic	Bench	33	16	88.9	15.6	+10.1	20.4
Patrick Williams	Bench	23	14	53.8	25.5	-6.5	4.6
Coby White	Bench	32	12	47.0	17.1	-5.9	6.2
Julian Phillips	Bench	19	10	60.1	17.4	+27.9	9.1
Lonzo Ball	Bench	18	3	21.4	20.0	+28.6	-1.3
Jevon Carter	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jalen Smith	Bench	15	—	0.0	2.6	+7.4	6.1
Matas Buzelis	Bench	10	—	0.0	12.5	-0.2	-2.6

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jayson Tatum	Bench	37	31	59.7	30.3	0.0	17.2
Kristaps Porzingis	Bench	36	20	53.3	23.5	-9.5	11.1
Jaylen Brown	Bench	36	19	49.5	27.5	-24.0	7.1
Derrick White	Bench	36	16	52.2	18.1	-12.3	13.2
Payton Pritchard	Bench	30	14	58.3	16.7	-14.4	10.5
Jrue Holiday	Bench	29	6	37.5	11.8	-4.3	4.8
Al Horford	Bench	22	2	25.0	7.7	-6.7	4.1
Luke Kornet	Bench	0	—	0.0	0.0	+300.0	0.0
Xavier Tillman	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Neemias Queta	Bench	0	—	0.0	0.0	+300.0	0.0
Sam Hauser	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jordan Walsh	Bench	0	—	0.0	50.0	+300.0	-40.0