Throughout the first few minutes of Monday night’s matchup, chicago bulls, boston celtics There was no mistake. They jumped out to a 19-point lead as he made 8 of his 9 attempts in the first from a 3-point land. A four-game winning streak to start the season seemed approaching.
Instead, the Celtics collapsed after that red-hot start, outscoring them 104-67 in the final 41 minutes as the Bulls won 120-102. The Celtics were terrible on both sides of the ball. They shot 37.4 percent from the field and gave up 14 offensive rebounds, giving the Bulls their best offensive game of the season.
Ultimately, that frustration boiled over as the Celtics ejected two key members late in the second half. Interim head coaches Joe Mazura and Grant Williams.
Mazura was the first to take a shower. Late in the third quarter, Jaylen Brown surprised Nikola Vucevic with a foul on a drive to the basket. The Bulls big man had a clear response, only to be cautioned by the umpire. Jayson Tatum and Mazura were upset that they didn’t get a technical foul, as Tatum had a similar reaction a few minutes earlier.
Mazura expressed his displeasure with the referee and was immediately hit with two technicals and sent off. It’s unclear exactly what he said, but unless it was something particularly bad, his complaints didn’t seem worthy of being sent off. For Mazura, it was the fourth game in charge.
Williams, on the other hand, could hardly complain about being thrown. it doesn’t matter. It is automatically ejected when there is contact.
It wasn’t the greatest refereeed game of all time, and the Celtics had every right to make any complaints. But they didn’t play enough to win this game. The good news is that they have four days off to rest and get back on track before hosting. cleveland cavaliers On Friday.
