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3 takeaways as Bulls pull away from Celtics, who drop costly loss in standings

The Celtics fell to the Bulls 121-99 on Friday, dropping a game they desperately needed in the standings to a Chicago team that looked like an offensive juggernaut.

Here’s what happened.

The big picture

The Celtics started strong, as Kemba Walker and Evan Fournier lifted them to an early lead. But the Bulls rallied back and took a double-digit lead as the Celtics’ 3-point shooting abandoned them. That lead ballooned to 21 in the third quarter.

As they tend to do, the Celtics battled back. They worked the Bulls into the penalty early in the fourth quarter and got the lead as low as eight before a barrage of offense from Coby White and Zach LaVine pushed the Bulls’ advantage back to blowout proportions again.