The Bulls Monday won their third straight game with a dominating performance and 108-85 victory over the Eastern Conference leading Boston Celtics.
The Bulls controlled the game from the outset, outplaying and out hustling the Celtics, virtually making them outcasts to their early out of the arena fans in the United Center.
The Bulls got a career high 23 points from Bobby Portis and 24 points from Nikola Mirotic, who made his first start of the season for the injured Lauri Markkanen. David Nwaba had 13 points, Kris Dunn had 12 points and Jerian Grant eight points and nine assists in a game that was uncompetitive in the fourth quarter as the Celtics emptied their bench halfway through the fourth.