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Chicago Bulls vs. Boston Celtics

January 24, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Bulls beat the Celtics 114-111 on 2026-01-24 at home. The Bulls started Nikola Vučević, Coby White, Isaac Okoro, Jalen Smith, and Matas Buzelis. The Celtics started Jaylen Brown, Derrick White, Payton Pritchard, Sam Hauser, and Amari Williams. Jaylen Brown (Celtics) scored 8 points (3/10) in his matchups, with Matas Buzelis as his primary defender. Coby White (Bulls) scored 14 points (6/16) in his matchups, with Anfernee Simons as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

CHI

Chicago Bulls 114

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Vučević GS	34:32	16	7	6	1	2	1	1	7-10	2-2	0-0	-7
Matas Buzelis GS	32:26	14	8	5	0	1	2	2	5-13	4-10	0-0	+15
Coby White GS	32:17	22	1	7	0	0	4	2	6-16	5-9	5-5	+5
Jalen Smith GS	27:24	14	9	0	0	0	0	3	6-10	2-5	0-0	+11
Isaac Okoro GS	27:03	12	2	1	0	2	0	0	5-9	2-6	0-1	+8
Kevin Huerter	24:06	12	6	3	1	0	0	3	5-7	2-3	0-0	+5
Josh Giddey	23:36	4	8	10	0	0	5	0	1-6	0-2	2-2	-5
Ayo Dosunmu	22:33	10	2	0	0	1	3	2	4-9	2-5	0-0	-10
Patrick Williams	16:03	10	1	0	0	0	0	2	4-5	2-3	0-0	-7
Totals		114	44	32	2	6	15	15	43-85	21-45	7-8

Did not play: Jevon Carter (DNP - Coach's Decision), Lachlan Olbrich (DNP - Coach's Decision), Julian Phillips (DNP - Coach's Decision), Dalen Terry (DNP - Coach's Decision)

BOS

Boston Celtics 111

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Derrick White GS	38:34	15	7	7	1	1	0	1	5-18	3-11	2-2	+1
Jaylen Brown GS	37:06	33	8	5	1	1	2	1	14-28	2-8	3-4	-13
Payton Pritchard GS	29:32	10	3	7	0	0	1	0	4-10	1-3	1-1	-4
Sam Hauser GS	23:40	8	4	3	2	0	0	0	3-7	2-6	0-0	-12
Amari Williams GS	10:08	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	-3
Anfernee Simons	27:44	21	4	5	2	0	2	3	8-16	5-11	0-0	0
Neemias Queta	24:16	6	3	0	2	1	0	0	2-6	0-1	2-2	+3
Jordan Walsh	17:59	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	3-5	1-3	0-0	+8
Luka Garza	13:32	4	2	1	0	1	1	1	2-4	0-2	0-0	-3
Hugo González	11:08	3	1	0	2	0	0	1	1-1	1-1	0-0	+7
Baylor Scheierman	6:21	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	1-3	0-1	0-0	+1
Totals		111	38	28	10	5	6	9	44-99	15-47	8-9

Did not play: Chris Boucher (DNP - Coach's Decision), Ron Harper Jr. (DNP - Coach's Decision), Xavier Tillman (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

CHI

Chicago Bulls

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Nikola Vučević · Coby White · Isaac Okoro · Jalen Smith · Matas Buzelis Starter 8.9 min
Nikola Vučević · Kevin Huerter · Patrick Williams · Ayo Dosunmu · Josh Giddey 10.8 min
Kevin Huerter · Coby White · Isaac Okoro · Jalen Smith · Matas Buzelis 5.3 min
Nikola Vučević · Coby White · Jalen Smith · Josh Giddey · Matas Buzelis 3.4 min
Nikola Vučević · Kevin Huerter · Coby White · Isaac Okoro · Matas Buzelis 2.8 min

BOS

Boston Celtics

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Jaylen Brown · Derrick White · Payton Pritchard · Sam Hauser · Amari Williams Starter 5.7 min
Jaylen Brown · Derrick White · Neemias Queta · Payton Pritchard · Sam Hauser 6.8 min
Derrick White · Anfernee Simons · Neemias Queta · Jordan Walsh · Hugo González 4.8 min
Jaylen Brown · Derrick White · Payton Pritchard · Luka Garza · Sam Hauser 3.7 min
Jaylen Brown · Derrick White · Anfernee Simons · Neemias Queta · Jordan Walsh 3.4 min

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Bulls defense

Jaylen Brown 8 pts (3/10) in 68 possessions

Guarded by: Matas Buzelis (40 %, 3 pts) · Isaac Okoro (17 %, 2 pts) · Coby White (10 %, 3 pts)
Anfernee Simons 21 pts (7/10) in 50 possessions

Guarded by: Kevin Huerter (24 %, 2 pts) · Coby White (24 %, 7 pts) · Ayo Dosunmu (20 %, 3 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Matas Buzelis	Jaylen Brown: 27 poss., 3 pts (1/5) · Sam Hauser: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Nikola Vučević	Neemias Queta: 16 poss., 9 pts (4/6) · Sam Hauser: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Coby White	Payton Pritchard: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Anfernee Simons: 12 poss., 7 pts (2/4)
Jalen Smith	Luka Garza: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Neemias Queta: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Isaac Okoro	Derrick White: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jaylen Brown: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Kevin Huerter	Anfernee Simons: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Payton Pritchard: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Josh Giddey	Derrick White: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jordan Walsh: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ayo Dosunmu	Payton Pritchard: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Anfernee Simons: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Patrick Williams	Derrick White: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Sam Hauser: 6 poss., 4 pts (2/3)

Celtics defense

Coby White 14 pts (6/16) in 61 possessions

Guarded by: Anfernee Simons (27 %, 6 pts) · Derrick White (25 %, 0 pts) · Payton Pritchard (12 %, 0 pts)
Josh Giddey 19 pts (7/9) in 44 possessions

Guarded by: Jordan Walsh (22 %, 3 pts) · Hugo González (21 %, 3 pts) · Derrick White (19 %, 5 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jaylen Brown	Isaac Okoro: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/5) · Jalen Smith: 16 poss., 7 pts (3/7)
Derrick White	Coby White: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Kevin Huerter: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/4)
Payton Pritchard	Isaac Okoro: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Kevin Huerter: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Anfernee Simons	Coby White: 16 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Ayo Dosunmu: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Neemias Queta	Nikola Vučević: 27 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Jalen Smith: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Sam Hauser	Matas Buzelis: 18 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Patrick Williams: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jordan Walsh	Josh Giddey: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Coby White: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Hugo González	Josh Giddey: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Kevin Huerter: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Luka Garza	Jalen Smith: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Nikola Vučević: 3 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Amari Williams	Nikola Vučević: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jalen Smith: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Baylor Scheierman	Josh Giddey: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Patrick Williams: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)