The Chicago Bulls had an impossible these past two games of figuring out a way to defeat the Boston Celtics for two straight games. They surprisingly got the job done on Thursday night but failed to do it tonight.

The Celtics will need to step up their defense (and hit more shots from 3) if they don't want to have their first losing streak of the season.

The Celtics are higher ranked, for now, with a 21-6 record in second place. The Bulls are 13-15 and in ninth place in the Eastern Conference. The good news for Boston is that the team closest to them, the third place New York Knicks, only has 17 wins, so another loss will not force them to slide in the rankings.