Celtics 106, Bulls 101
Celtics 106, Bulls 101: Evan Turner had 19 points and six assists filling in at the point as Boston jumped out in the second quarter and then held on against host Chicago.
Kelly Olynyk had 18 points and 11 rebounds for Boston, which played without injured point guards Rajon Rondo (hand) and Marcus Smart (ankle). Jeff Green scored 14 points and Avery Bradley added 13 as the Celtics had seven players score in double figures en route to winning their first road game of the season after losses at Houston and Dallas.
Aaron Brooks scored 19 of his 26 points in the fourth quarter for the Bulls, who played without Derrick Rose for the fourth time in five games. Pau Gasol had 19 points and nine rebounds and Jimmy Butler scored 16 as Chicago had its four-game winning streak snapped.
Boston trailed by four before closing the second quarter on a 29-10 run for a 56-41 edge. Bradley scored nine points and Turner six during the spurt as the Celtics drained 14-of-25 shots in the period and committed no turnovers.
Boston shot 60 percent in the third as Olynyk and Turner scored seven apiece as Boston increased the bulge to 83-67, but Chicago used a late surge to pull within two with 37 seconds left after Brooks knocked down two shots from the arc, sank two free throws and banked in a runner in just under two minutes. Turner then bumped the edge to 102-98 with two free throws and Olynyk canned a pair from the stripe after a miss by Butler with eight ticks left to seal it.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Rondo is expected to miss just one game while Smart is expected to miss two to three weeks with a severe sprain. … After turning it over 28 times Wednesday against Toronto - their most in one game since 1989 - the Celtics have committed just 24 the past two games. … Bulls C Joakim Noah scored a season-high 13 points after scoring 24 points in his first four games, and Kirk Hinrich took over for Rose and was scoreless with five assists in 28 minutes.