The Boston Celtics had a tougher than expected game against the Chicago Bulls on Friday, a common theme for them in Emirates NBA Cup play this season. After jumping out to a 9-point lead in which they drained 9 three-pointers in the first quarter,

Pritchard finished 10-for-16 from the field (7-for-11 from three) with seven rebounds on Friday. The post Payton Pritchard catches fire as Celtics beat Bulls, give themselves a Cup chance: 5 takeaways appeared first on Boston.

Pritchard scored 19 of his 29 points in the first 6:35 of the fourth quarter. Jayson Tatum led the Celtics with 35 points and pulled down 14 rebounds. Both players connected for seven 3-pointers.

Boston’s 138-129 victory at the United Center kept Joe Mazzulla’s club alive in the NBA’s in-season tournament. The Celtics cannot win their group – Atlanta did so with its win over Cleveland earlier in the day – but can claim the Eastern Conference’s wild-card berth if they finish with the best point differential of the three second-place teams.

The Boston Celtics are one of the best and most loaded teams in the league thus far.  The Celtics are loaded from the top to bottom. They have two of the best p

The Celtics played all the way to the final buzzer in Friday's win over the Bulls as they tried to up their point differential for NBA Cup purposes.

Payton Pritchard leads the Celtics' charge in the fourth quarter with 19 points as Boston wins on the road.

A fter dismantling the Los Angeles Clippers and getting three days off, the Boston Celtics travel to the Windy City for a matchup against the Chicago Bulls in their final game of