The Boston Celtics and Chicago Bulls are set to face off Friday night with their NBA Cup hopes at stake.
Both teams enter with 2-1 records in the group stage. Since the Group C-leading Atlanta Hawks beat the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday, and they defeated the C’s in the group play opener, Boston’s only path to the knockout stage is a convincing win over Chicago. The top tiebreaker for wild cards is point differential, so the C’s would need to have a better point differential than every Eastern Conference team that also went 3-1 but didn’t win its group.
The Celtics are looking for their seventh consecutive victory. Tip-off is scheduled for 8 p.m. ET on NBC Sports Boston.
Follow along with our live blog below for score updates, highlights, news, and analysis throughout Friday’s game vs. Chicago: