Bulls end Celtics' win streak at nine behind DeRozan
DeMar DeRozan scored 28 points, Zach LaVine added 22 and the Bulls stopped Boston's ninegame win streak, beating the Celtics 121-107 on Monday night in Chicago.
Patrick Williams scored a season-high 17, and the Bulls made it look rather easy against the team with the NBA's best record. They led by 13 at halftime, got it up to 21 in the third quarter and withstood a push to come away with the win after dropping four straight and five of six.
DeRozan, who scored 41 in Friday's loss to Orlando, scored eight in a span of just more than a minute late in the third. He also spun and fed Alex Caruso for a reverse layup that made it 116-101 with just less than three minutes left in the game.
LaVine bounced back after scoring four against the Magic and getting benched in the closing minutes. He had nine points in the fourth quarter.
Jayson Tatum led Boston with 28 points. Jaylen Brown scored 25, and Malcolm Brogdon finished with 23 points, nailing 5 of 6 3-pointers.
CAVALIERS 114, HAWKS 102 » Donovan Mitchell had 29 points and nine assists, and Darius Garland scored 26 points, lifting host Cleveland in the teams' first meeting since the play-in tournament last season. Trae Young had 25 points and 10 assists, and Onyeka Okongwu had a season-high 18 points and 10 rebounds for the Hawks. Key offseason acquisition Dejounte Murray scored 11 points on 4-for-18 shooting. Atlanta claimed the final playoff berth in the East with a 107-101 win at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse on April 15, extending Cleveland's postseason drought to four years. PELICANS 128, WARRIORS 83 » Brandon Ingram scored a season-high 34 points in the same game that Zion Williamson returned from a three-game absence, and host New Orleans routed depleted Golden State. Playing one night after winning on the road for the first time this season at Houston, the Warriors scratched Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Draymond Green and Andrew Wiggins from the lineup in New Orleans.
BUCKS 119, TRAIL BLAZERS 111 » Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 37 points to lead host Milwaukee. Antetokounmpo made 16 of his 24 field-goal attempts to go along with seven rebounds and six assists in 35 minutes. Milwaukee improved to 12-4 and 9-1 at home. Bucks guard Jrue Holiday scored 13 of his 17 points in the fourth quarter, and Grayson Allen added 17 points and eight rebounds. Anfernee Simons paced the Trail Blazers with 29 points.
PACERS 123, MAGIC 102 » Bennedict Mathurin scored 22 points to lead host Indiana. Tyrese Haliburton had a double-double with 18 points and 14 assists as Indiana won its fifth consecutive game.
KNICKS 129, THUNDER 119 » Jalen Brunson scored a season-high 34 points while RJ Barrett and Julius Randle had 25 points each to lead New York in Oklahoma City.
TIMBERWOLVES 105, HEAT 101 » Karl-Anthony Towns had 25 points and Anthony Edwards scored 10 of his 22 in the third quarter as host Minnesota outlasted shorthanded Miami.
NOTE » Joel Embiid has a sprained left foot and will miss at least the next two games, joining teammates James Harden and Tyrese Maxey as Philadelphia 76ers stars sidelined by injuries.