Chicago Bulls 101, Boston Celtics 115 — Recap

January 5, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Chicago Bulls 101, Boston Celtics 115. Scoring by quarter: Q1 CHI 14-31 BOS; Q2 CHI 19-23 BOS; Q3 CHI 34-31 BOS; Q4 CHI 34-30 BOS.

Top performers (box score): Anfernee Simons (BOS) 27 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 8 threes on 9-of-16 shooting; Matas Buzelis (CHI) 26 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-12 shooting; Payton Pritchard (BOS) 21 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-17 shooting; Nikola Vucevic (CHI) 15 points, 15 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-14 shooting; Ayo Dosunmu (CHI) 15 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-13 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · BOS

Anfernee Simons

27 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST, 8 3PM · 9-16 FG

Scoring · CHI

Matas Buzelis

26 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST, 3 3PM · 9-12 FG

Scoring · BOS

Payton Pritchard

21 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST, 4 3PM · 8-17 FG

Season highs

Anfernee Simons · Season-high 27 pointsAnfernee Simons · Season-high 8 threes

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

📊 Game Flow

CHI 3 largest lead Q1 7:22 (CHI 9, BOS 6) · 7-0 run, Q4 5:15–Q4 4:15

BOS 23 largest lead Q2 4:00 (CHI 24, BOS 47) · 9-0 run, Q1 2:07–Q1 0:34

Swings 4 lead changes Tied 0 times

Ahead for good: Sam Hauser makes 27-foot running jump shot (Derrick White assists) (Q1 6:32, CHI 9, BOS 11).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
CHI	14	19	34	34		101
BOS	31	23	31	30		115

🧮 How They Scored

CHIBOS

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

37Bench points48

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

53.5%Effective FG%50.0%

10.8%Turnover %6.0%

15.0%Offensive rebound %33.9%

0.116Free-throw rate0.125

Box Score

Chicago Bulls

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Vucevic C	36	15	15	7	1	0	2	6-14	3-5	0-0	-10
Matas Buzelis F	31	26	3	2	0	1	2	9-12	3-4	5-6	-6
Ayo Dosunmu G	28	15	3	5	0	1	0	6-13	3-7	0-0	-4
Coby White G	25	5	6	3	0	0	4	2-7	1-5	0-0	-5
Isaac Okoro F-G	25	5	3	1	0	1	1	1-7	1-7	2-2	-6
Tre Jones G	23	10	5	4	0	0	1	4-7	0-1	2-2	-7
Kevin Huerter G	20	8	3	0	0	1	1	4-9	0-4	0-0	-12
Julian Phillips F	13	6	2	0	1	0	0	2-5	2-4	0-0	-9
Jevon Carter G	12	6	1	1	0	0	0	2-6	2-5	0-0	-1
Lachlan Olbrich C	12	0	2	2	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-4
Patrick Williams F	10	2	2	0	0	0	0	1-4	0-2	0-0	-5
Dalen Terry F	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	1-1	0-0	-1

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Derrick White G	37	10	6	7	3	1	0	3-15	1-10	3-3	0
Jaylen Brown G	35	14	8	4	0	0	3	6-24	1-6	1-2	+12
Payton Pritchard G	31	21	6	5	1	0	0	8-17	4-7	1-1	+11
Anfernee Simons G	27	27	3	3	0	0	3	9-16	8-14	1-2	+10
Neemias Queta C	25	13	13	1	1	1	1	6-9	0-0	1-1	+11
Luka Garza C	23	8	4	0	1	2	0	3-4	0-0	2-2	+3
Sam Hauser F	21	9	1	1	1	0	0	3-8	3-7	0-0	+6
Jordan Walsh G	18	5	5	0	0	0	0	2-4	1-2	0-0	+7
Hugo González G	12	5	7	1	0	0	0	1-5	1-4	2-2	+5
Baylor Scheierman G	11	3	1	0	0	0	0	1-2	1-2	0-0	+5

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Matas Buzelis	Starter	31	26	88.8	22.9	-13.8	17.0
Nikola Vucevic	Starter	36	15	53.6	20.0	-10.4	15.7
Tre Jones	Starter	23	10	63.5	18.0	-10.4	13.9
Kevin Huerter	Starter	20	8	44.4	23.8	-30.8	6.6
Isaac Okoro	Starter	25	5	31.7	15.8	-9.5	1.4
Ayo Dosunmu	Bench	28	15	57.7	21.0	-7.3	11.2
Jevon Carter	Bench	12	6	50.0	25.0	-4.3	6.8
Julian Phillips	Bench	13	6	60.0	16.7	-32.1	12.2
Coby White	Bench	25	5	35.7	19.6	-10.0	0.9
Dalen Terry	Bench	05	3	150.0	9.1	-10.0	11.8
Patrick Williams	Bench	10	2	25.0	18.2	-29.5	4.0
Lachlan Olbrich	Bench	12	0	0.0	3.8	-22.3	1.2

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Payton Pritchard	Starter	31	21	60.2	21.8	+16.1	17.7
Jaylen Brown	Starter	35	14	28.1	31.1	+15.5	0.3
Neemias Queta	Starter	25	13	68.9	16.1	+17.6	19.8
Derrick White	Starter	37	10	30.6	17.0	-3.0	8.1
Sam Hauser	Starter	21	9	56.3	13.8	+5.8	5.5
Anfernee Simons	Bench	27	27	80.0	31.3	+18.9	17.2
Luka Garza	Bench	23	8	82.0	8.6	+9.1	11.4
Jordan Walsh	Bench	18	5	62.5	9.5	+22.0	8.6
Hugo González	Bench	12	5	42.5	17.6	+11.9	14.5
Baylor Scheierman	Bench	11	3	75.0	8.0	+18.1	1.9
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
Josh Minott	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Max Shulga	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Amari Williams	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0