In the end, the ball brother passed the ball in place, and the two main attackers DeRozan and Lavin also attacked comfortably, and the defense was also clearly arranged.
DeMar DeRozan scored 37 points as the Chicago Bulls bounced back Monday night from trailing by 19 points in the second half to beat the Boston Celtics 128-114 and improve to 6-1 this season.
Zach Lavin scored 26 points, Nikola Vucevic contributed 11 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists for the Bulls, who beat Boston 39-11 in the fourth quarter to turn a 14-point lead into a 14-point victory.
"It's good to see us continue to fight," DeRozan said. 'We didn't play well at the start, the game was tough and we didn't get flustered.
Jaylen Brown scored 28 points for the Celtics, who have lost three straight games. Al Horford had 20 points and 10 rebounds, and Jason Tatum scored 20 points for Boston.
Celtics coach Imme Udaca said: "We stood up and felt comfortable thinking the game was a little too cute at the end of the third quarter," saying he trailed 2-5 in his first season at the helm. "We started celebrating very early. Here's a good lesson: you mess up the game and it will come back and bite you. ”
The Celtics led 94-75 with about 3 minutes left in the third quarter and still led 103-89 as they entered the fourth quarter. But Chicago scored the first 12 straight points in the fourth quarter, narrowing the gap to 2 points, 103-101, with just over 8 minutes left.
Ayo Dosunmu, a second-round pick, scored double digits in the NBA's first game with 14 points, shooting three-pointers with 6:53 left in the game and the Bulls leading 106-105. Before Chicago scored 18 points on the next 20 points, the Celtics briefly regained the lead.
Tatum scored two points on 1 of 8 shooting in the fourth quarter, while Brown didn't score on just two shots.
"We are playing for our best players. Every team knows this. They've done a great job of shutting it down," Celtics guard Marcus Smart said. "We can't allow it."
Toward the end of the first quarter, the Celtics led 35-31 and DeRozan scored nine straight points to score 11 points in a 15-0 match, giving Chicago a 46-35 lead. But Brown scored the next 10 goals himself — three-pointers in a row, making it a single-point game.
After Dosem made a layup, Brown hit another three-pointer, Smart hit a layup, and the Celtics led by eight points at halftime.
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The Celtics' Marcus Smart appeared to have injured his leg in the third quarter, but he gave a thumbs up to the bench and stayed in the game. ...... Boston's Robert Williams limped off the field after a collision in the third quarter and went straight into the locker room. He returned to the bench at the start of the fourth quarter, and the team said he sprained his hip.
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Bulls: Visit Philadelphia wednesday night.
Celtics: Played Wednesday night in Orlando.