Boston Celtics beat the Chicago Bulls 125-111 at home on Friday night, according to CraftedNBA’s final scores and West 42 Sports’ results listing, which both confirm the same scoreline. Boston extended its winning run to four games, according to CraftedNBA’s form listing, while Chicago fell to a fourth straight loss, according to the same listing.
The 14-point margin, confirmed by two independent results sources, reflects a game Boston controlled for long stretches, even though Chicago stayed competitive enough to keep the scoreboard respectable. Boston’s offence produced 125 points, a total that reflects the Celtics’ early-season fluency and depth.
Boston’s form builds, Chicago’s slide deepens
Winning runs in October do not win championships, but they do build habits. Boston’s fourth straight win, according to CraftedNBA, comes with the Celtics scoring freely and defending well enough to hold opponents below their own total. Chicago, by contrast, has now lost four in a row, according to the same listing, and will need to find defensive answers quickly if the slide is not to become a longer problem.
The Bulls’ challenge is not effort but execution in key stretches. Against Boston, Chicago could not string together enough stops to turn a competitive game into a winnable one, and Boston punished every lapse with efficient offence. That pattern — competitive for stretches, beaten by consistency — is familiar to teams in a losing run.
What comes next for both teams
Boston’s early form puts the Celtics among the Eastern Conference’s pacesetters, while Chicago must regroup before its next game. For Boston, the task is to sustain this level through tougher road trips and injuries; for Chicago, it is to find one win that breaks the run and restores belief. Friday’s result, a 125-111 home win confirmed by two sources, shows how far apart the two teams are right now — and how much work Chicago has to do to close that gap.
