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Boston Celtics vs. Chicago Bulls

January 5, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Celtics beat the Bulls 115-101 on 2026-01-05 at home. The Celtics started Jaylen Brown, Derrick White, Neemias Queta, Payton Pritchard, and Sam Hauser. The Bulls started Nikola Vučević, Kevin Huerter, Isaac Okoro, Tre Jones, and Matas Buzelis. Coby White (Bulls) scored 5 points (1/8) in his matchups, with Derrick White as his primary defender. Jaylen Brown (Celtics) scored 15 points (7/10) in his matchups, with Isaac Okoro as his primary defender.

Box score

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

BOS

Boston Celtics 115

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Derrick White GS	37:03	10	6	7	3	1	0	1	3-15	1-10	3-3	0
Jaylen Brown GS	34:34	14	8	4	0	0	3	2	6-24	1-6	1-2	+12
Payton Pritchard GS	31:15	21	6	5	1	0	0	1	8-17	4-7	1-1	+11
Neemias Queta GS	24:35	13	13	1	1	1	1	1	6-9	0-0	1-1	+11
Sam Hauser GS	20:36	9	1	1	1	0	0	2	3-8	3-7	0-0	+6
Anfernee Simons	27:10	27	3	3	0	0	3	0	9-16	8-14	1-2	+10
Luka Garza	23:25	8	4	0	1	2	0	0	3-4	0-0	2-2	+3
Jordan Walsh	18:24	5	5	0	0	0	0	1	2-4	1-2	0-0	+7
Hugo González	12:19	5	7	1	0	0	0	1	1-5	1-4	2-2	+5
Baylor Scheierman	10:39	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	1-2	1-2	0-0	+5
Totals		115	54	22	7	4	7	11	42-104	20-52	11-13

Did not play: Chris Boucher (DNP - Coach's Decision), Josh Minott (DNP - Coach's Decision), Max Shulga (DNP - Coach's Decision), Xavier Tillman (DNP - Coach's Decision), Amari Williams (DNP - Coach's Decision)

CHI

Chicago Bulls 101

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Vučević GS	36:21	15	15	7	1	0	2	1	6-14	3-5	0-0	-10
Matas Buzelis GS	30:58	26	3	2	0	1	2	1	9-12	3-4	5-6	-6
Isaac Okoro GS	24:52	5	3	1	0	1	1	1	1-7	1-7	2-2	-6
Tre Jones GS	23:22	10	5	4	0	0	1	1	4-7	0-1	2-2	-7
Kevin Huerter GS	19:39	8	3	0	0	1	1	1	4-9	0-4	0-0	-12
Ayo Dosunmu	27:48	15	3	5	0	1	0	2	6-13	3-7	0-0	-4
Coby White	25:23	5	6	3	0	0	4	4	2-7	1-5	0-0	-5
Julian Phillips	13:14	6	2	0	1	0	0	0	2-5	2-4	0-0	-9
Jevon Carter	11:46	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	2-6	2-5	0-0	-1
Lachlan Olbrich	11:39	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	0-1	0-1	0-0	-4
Patrick Williams	10:03	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-4	0-2	0-0	-5
Dalen Terry	4:55	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	1-1	0-0	-1
Totals		101	45	25	2	4	11	13	38-86	16-46	9-10

Lineups

BOS

Boston Celtics

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Jaylen Brown · Derrick White · Neemias Queta · Payton Pritchard · Sam Hauser Starter 10.0 min
Jaylen Brown · Anfernee Simons · Payton Pritchard · Luka Garza · Jordan Walsh 5.1 min
Anfernee Simons · Payton Pritchard · Luka Garza · Baylor Scheierman · Jordan Walsh 4.1 min
Jaylen Brown · Derrick White · Neemias Queta · Sam Hauser · Baylor Scheierman 3.5 min
Jaylen Brown · Derrick White · Anfernee Simons · Luka Garza · Sam Hauser 2.9 min

CHI

Chicago Bulls

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Nikola Vučević · Kevin Huerter · Isaac Okoro · Tre Jones · Matas Buzelis Starter 9.7 min
Nikola Vučević · Coby White · Isaac Okoro · Ayo Dosunmu · Matas Buzelis 6.9 min
Nikola Vučević · Kevin Huerter · Patrick Williams · Tre Jones · Matas Buzelis 4.9 min
Nikola Vučević · Coby White · Tre Jones · Ayo Dosunmu · Matas Buzelis 4.3 min
Jevon Carter · Coby White · Ayo Dosunmu · Julian Phillips · Lachlan Olbrich 2.6 min

Who guarded whom

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

Celtics defense

Coby White 5 pts (1/8) in 45 possessions

Guarded by: Derrick White (28 %, 0 pts) · Payton Pritchard (19 %, 0 pts) · Baylor Scheierman (10 %, 0 pts)
Matas Buzelis 17 pts (6/17) in 54 possessions

Guarded by: Sam Hauser (26 %, 0 pts) · Derrick White (14 %, 3 pts) · Anfernee Simons (13 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Derrick White	Kevin Huerter: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Coby White: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/4)
Jaylen Brown	Isaac Okoro: 31 poss., 7 pts (3/7) · Ayo Dosunmu: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Payton Pritchard	Tre Jones: 21 poss., 2 pts (1/5) · Coby White: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Neemias Queta	Nikola Vučević: 30 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Lachlan Olbrich: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Anfernee Simons	Ayo Dosunmu: 15 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Jevon Carter: 8 poss., 5 pts (2/4)
Luka Garza	Nikola Vučević: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Lachlan Olbrich: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Sam Hauser	Matas Buzelis: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/4) · Kevin Huerter: 4 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Jordan Walsh	Julian Phillips: 7 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Matas Buzelis: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Hugo González	Matas Buzelis: 5 poss., 5 pts (1/3) · Dalen Terry: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Baylor Scheierman	Julian Phillips: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Coby White: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Bulls defense

Jaylen Brown 15 pts (7/10) in 67 possessions

Guarded by: Isaac Okoro (28 %, 0 pts) · Matas Buzelis (16 %, 5 pts) · Ayo Dosunmu (13 %, 2 pts)
Anfernee Simons 5 pts (2/7) in 48 possessions

Guarded by: Ayo Dosunmu (33 %, 5 pts) · Jevon Carter (13 %, 0 pts) · Tre Jones (11 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Nikola Vučević	Neemias Queta: 28 poss., 6 pts (2/6) · Luka Garza: 18 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Matas Buzelis	Sam Hauser: 13 poss., 9 pts (4/5) · Jaylen Brown: 10 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Ayo Dosunmu	Anfernee Simons: 16 poss., 5 pts (2/5) · Jaylen Brown: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Coby White	Payton Pritchard: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Baylor Scheierman: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Isaac Okoro	Jaylen Brown: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Derrick White: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/4)
Tre Jones	Payton Pritchard: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Derrick White: 11 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
Kevin Huerter	Sam Hauser: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Derrick White: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Julian Phillips	Jordan Walsh: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jaylen Brown: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jevon Carter	Anfernee Simons: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Payton Pritchard: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Lachlan Olbrich	Luka Garza: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Neemias Queta: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Patrick Williams	Jordan Walsh: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaylen Brown: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dalen Terry	Hugo González: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jordan Walsh: 1 poss., 3 pts (1/1)