Chicago Bulls – Boston Celtics · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 15 January 2022

CHI112–114BOS

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Highly recommended

It was more exciting than 81% of NBA games since 2017

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↑ BOS winsCHI wins ↓

Home team's win probability across the game (source: ESPN). The band rises when BOS leads and falls when CHI does.

This is how the game was decided.

Jayson Tatum decided it, the Boston Celtics player with the most points (23, with 12 rebounds and 4 assists; +11 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Dennis Schröder's (+14). The criterion: the winner's points in the box score; plus-minus says who was on the floor when the game opened up.

The game-winner in Boston Celtics 114-112 Chicago Bulls (January 15, 2022) was hit by Robert Williams: a free throw with 9.7 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Boston Celtics up 113-112. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Boston Celtics 114-112 Chicago Bulls (January 15, 2022) was a 10-0 run by the Boston Celtics in the first quarter (from 3:01 to 54.1 s), from 20-18 to 30-18. The Chicago Bulls' best was a 7-0 run in the fourth quarter (from 10:00 to 8:37), from 85-91 to 92-91.

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Play: Robert Williams III makes free throw 1 of 2.

I count as the game-winner the basket that puts the winning team ahead for good. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

A run here is consecutive points by one team without the opponent scoring. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

Source: the game's official box score and play-by-play.

Robert Williams decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 9.7 seconds left in the fourth quarter, and the opponent never led again.

It is the only game he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Williams decided

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A game is decided by the last basket that puts a team ahead in the final ten seconds of the fourth quarter or of an overtime, if that team wins.

15 January 2022 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401360466:600; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · CHI

Dosunmu · White · DeRozan · Vucevic · Thomas

Closing lineup · BOS

Tatum · Schroder · Brown · Williams · Richardson

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CHI

Ayo Dosunmu

40′ · -6

Coby White

39′ · -7

DeMar DeRozan

37′ · +11

Nikola Vucevic

35′ · -10

Alfonzo McKinnie

27′ · -8

Matt Thomas

17′ · +5

Troy Brown Jr.

13′ · -2

Tony Bradley

13′ · +8

Malcolm Hill

18′ · -3

BOS

Jayson Tatum

40′ · +11

Dennis Schroder

36′ · +14

Jaylen Brown

36′ · 0

Robert Williams III

35′ · +9

Al Horford

30′ · -1

Josh Richardson

29′ · -6

Grant Williams

14′ · -3

Enes Freedom

8′ · -2

Payton Pritchard

12′ · -12

Each bar is a stint on the floor (source: NBA). The number is minutes played and the team's +/− with him on the court. CHI and BOS.

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Chicago Bulls

McKinnie, White, Dosunmu, DeRozan, and Vucevic played 18.2 minutes together.
Bradley, White, Thomas, Hill, and DeRozan played 5.9 minutes together.
McKinnie, White, Dosunmu, Hill, and Vucevic played 4.6 minutes together.

The plus-minus of each Chicago Bulls lineup is not shown: its rotation stints do not add up with each other.

Boston Celtics

Brown, Tatum, Williams, Horford, and Schroder played 19.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 8 points.
Richardson, Brown, Tatum, Williams, and Schroder played 6.8 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 7 points.
Richardson, Brown, Williams, Pritchard, and Freedom played 3.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.

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Chicago Bulls

White, Dosunmu, Hill, DeRozan, and Vucevic played 4.3 minutes together.
Bradley, Brown, Thomas, Dosunmu, and DeRozan played 4.0 minutes together.
Brown, White, Dosunmu, DeRozan, and Vucevic played 2.5 minutes together.
Brown, Thomas, Dosunmu, Hill, and Vucevic played 2.3 minutes together.
McKinnie, Brown, White, Thomas, and Vucevic played 1.8 minutes together.
McKinnie, Bradley, Brown, Thomas, and Dosunmu played 1.5 minutes together.
McKinnie, Bradley, White, Dosunmu, and DeRozan played 1.1 minutes together.

Boston Celtics

Richardson, Brown, Williams, Horford, and Schroder played 3.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Richardson, Tatum, Williams, Pritchard, and Horford played 3.0 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Richardson, Tatum, Williams, Williams, and Schroder played 2.8 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Richardson, Tatum, Williams, Horford, and Schroder played 2.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Richardson, Tatum, Williams, Pritchard, and Freedom played 2.1 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Richardson, Tatum, Williams, Freedom, and Schroder played 1.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Richardson, Brown, Tatum, Pritchard, and Horford played 1.9 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.

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The lineups come from the NBA's official rotation: who was on the floor and when. Each lineup's plus-minus is worked out from every player's stints and is only shown when they all add up with each other and with the final score.

Ayo Dosunmu covered 4.60 km, more than anyone in the game.

Jayson Tatum touched the ball 84 times, a game high.
Dennis Schröder made 58 passes, a game high.
DeMar DeRozan defended 7 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 5.
Robert Williams III had 21 rebound chances, a game high.

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Chicago Bulls

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Ayo Dosunmu	4.60	6.5	62	49
Coby White	4.51	6.4	62	45
DeMar DeRozan	4.07	6.1	62	33
Nikola Vučević	3.78	6.0	79	57
Alfonzo McKinnie	3.30	6.9	26	19
Matt Thomas	2.30	7.3	18	13
Malcolm Hill	2.17	6.5	13	7
Troy Brown Jr.	1.58	6.7	20	16
Tony Bradley	1.53	6.8	15	11

Boston Celtics

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Jayson Tatum	4.42	6.1	84	48
Dennis Schröder	4.15	6.5	76	58
Jaylen Brown	3.99	6.3	61	37
Robert Williams III	3.72	6.1	48	37
Josh Richardson	3.48	6.5	43

The figures come from the NBA's optical tracking (NBA.com) for this game; speed is each player's average while on the floor.

Who stood out on defense during the season

These figures cover the whole 2021-22 regular season, not this game.

Chicago Bulls

Nikola Vučević contested 9.8 shots per game over his 73 games.
He ranks 16 of 386 in the league.
Ayo Dosunmu recovered 0.8 loose balls per game over his 75 games.
He ranks 73 of 386 in the league.
Coby White drew 0.05 charges per game over his 61 games.
He ranks 96 of 386 in the league.

Boston Celtics

Robert Williams III recovered 1.1 loose balls per game over his 61 games.
He ranks 5 of 386 in the league.
Al Horford contested 11.0 shots per game over his 69 games.
He ranks 9 of 386 in the league.
Jaylen Brown recovered 0.9 loose balls per game over his 66 games.
He ranks 36 of 386 in the league.

Hustle figures come from the hustle stats the NBA publishes (NBA.com) and rim defense comes from its tracking; both cover the regular season. For each player in this game we show the figure that ranks him highest in the league, and for each team, the three best ranked. Ranks count players with at least 30 games and, at the rim, at least 4 defended shots per game.

The Boston Celtics have won 157 of their 273 games against the Chicago Bulls.

157-116record of the Boston Celtics · NBA 1966-67 – 2025-26, regular season and playoffs

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Game context

Attendance

19.156

102.9% of capacity

TD Garden · Boston

Scoring

226

combined points

4.8 above the season average (221.2)

⚖️ The last two minutes

Official NBA L2M report: every call in the endgame, reviewed by the league.

20 calls reviewed1 errors admitted by the NBA

Foul: Shooting · 00:47.4

Jaylen Brown → Malcolm Hill

Brown (BOS) makes contact with Hill's (CHI) lower body during his upward motion, which affects his body's trajectory and shot attempt.