Celtics Beat Bulls 125-111 for Fourth Straight Win: Pritchard Scores 30 Off the Bench, Tatum Adds 26, 7 and 7
The Boston Celtics defeated the Chicago Bulls 125-111 on Oct. 30 at TD Garden in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, in the NBA Cup Group C opener for both teams. Boston won its fourth straight game and improved to 4-1. Chicago lost its fourth straight and fell to 1-5.
Payton Pritchard scored a season-high 30 points off the bench for Boston, including 20 in the first half. Jayson Tatum added 26 points, seven rebounds and seven assists, Paul George had 18 points, six rebounds and eight assists, Neemias Queta scored 13 and Mitchell Robinson 11. Five Celtics scored in double figures, and Boston scored 56 points in the paint.
Rookie Caleb Wilson led Chicago with 23 points, including six 3-pointers. Norman Powell scored 16 points, Matas Buzelis 14 and Josh Giddey 13, and Jalen Smith grabbed a game-high 12 rebounds. Chicago shot 37.6 percent from the field, made 15 of 50 3-pointers and committed 16 turnovers.
Boston led 44-25 after the first quarter, by as many as 32 points in the second quarter, and 78-49 at halftime, four points short of the franchise record for points in a half. Boston led 99-74 after three quarters. The teams had also met on Monday, when Boston won 134-99 at home.
Source: GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 凯尔特人球员杰森·塔图姆（2024年奥运会资料图）。Clément Bardot 摄，CC BY-SA 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Celtics forward Jayson Tatum (file photo, 2024 Olympic Games). Photo by Clément Bardot, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
