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.

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 couldn’t handle the 4th quarter haymakers Chicago threw at them Thursday night, and they’re looking to bounce back in another bout with the Bulls

Joe Mazzulla's Christmas greetings were costly. The NBA fined the Boston Celtics coach $35,000 on Saturday “for aggressively pursuing and directing inappropriate language toward a game official” at the end of his team's loss to the Chicago Bulls on Thursday night.

That outburst earned Mazzulla a $35,000 fine from the league office for "aggressively pursuing and directing inappropriate language toward a game official," the league announced S

Boston Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla was fined heftily for his conduct toward a referee during a game on Thursday. The NBA announced on Saturday that Mazzulla was fined $35,000 for "aggressively pursuing and directing inappropriate language toward a game official" after the Celtics lost 108-117 to the Chicago Bulls.