Overview
- Tip-off is 7:30 p.m. ET at TD Garden on NBC Sports Boston, with Boston favored by 13.5 points.
- Jayson Tatum remains out, while Sam Hauser (back) and Neemias Queta (ankle) were listed as probable for Boston.
- Chicago will be without guards Josh Giddey and Tre Jones due to hamstring injuries, and the Bulls have dropped five straight and eight of nine.
- Anfernee Simons has averaged 20.0 points and 5.3 assists in his first three games with Chicago after last week’s trade.
- Nikola Vucevic has averaged 11 points and nine rebounds off Boston’s bench as Joe Mazzulla continues to test different starting groups.