Celtics beat injury-riddled Bulls 124-105 as Vucevic scores 19 against his former team

BOSTON (AP) — Payton Pritchard scored 26 factors and the Boston Celtics rolled previous the Chicago Bulls 124-105 on Wednesday night time within the closing recreation for each groups earlier than the All-Star break.

Jaylen Brown added 24 factors. Nikola Vucevic completed with 19 factors and 11 rebounds for the Celtics, who’ve received six of their final seven video games.

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The Celtics carried a 28-point into halftime, benefiting from a Chicagos group that was lacking a number of high contributors. Boston’s lead rose as excessive as 33 within the second half.

Rob Dillingham had 16 factors and 7 assists to tempo Chicago, which has misplaced six straight. Matas Buzelis added 15 factors and eight rebounds.

Vucevic and Chicago’s Anfernee Simons performed in opposition to their former groups for the primary time since being swapped in a commerce deadline deal final week.

It was Vucevic’s second double-double in three video games with the Celtics. Simons completed with seven factors. It marked his first time being beneath 15 in his 4 consecutive begins for the Bulls.

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The Bulls performed with out Isaac Okoro (knee), who joined what was already a prolonged Bulls damage checklist. Josh Giddey has been out since Jan. 28 when he aggravated a hamstring damage in a Jan. 28 loss to Indiana. Tre Jones additionally has been coping with a hamstring concern that’s stored him sidelined since Jan. 22.