拉文得到职业生涯最高的42分，公牛队超过凯尔特人队
芝加哥——芝加哥公牛队上一次与波士顿凯尔特人队比赛时，他们以球队历史上最悬殊的比分输掉了比赛，几乎没有任何希望的迹象。
认为这是一个相当大的变化。Zach LaVine得到职业生涯最高的42分，Lauri Markkanen得到个人最好的35分和15个篮板，公牛在周六晚上以126-116战胜凯尔特人，得到了一些回报。
“那是几个月前的事了，”马克卡宁说。“这是我们脑海里的想法。我们没有谈论太多。教练们对此只字未提。自从1996年11月20日迈克尔·乔丹和斯科蒂·皮蓬在对太阳的比赛中各得37分以来，拉文和马克卡宁成为芝加哥队在同一场比赛中得分超过35分的第一对队友。
11月5日在纽约的比赛中，拉文打破了此前41次的记录。马克卡宁上赛季对阵尼克斯时的最佳表现是33分，成为10年来芝加哥队连续8场比赛得分超过20分的第四名球员。公牛队在去年12月以133比77击败曼联中心，这也是凯尔特人队历史上最大的一次胜利。凯里欧文以37分和10次助攻领衔凯尔特人。阿尔·霍福德得到19分，但凯尔特人在6场比赛中第四次失利。
教练斯蒂文斯说:“在NBA，你会遇到很多麻烦。”
这是1。但欧文并不担心凯尔特人的困境会持续到季后赛。
“不，”他说。
为什么不呢?
“因为我在这里，”欧文说。公牛队在第二节开始时打出了18-3的高潮，从而抹去了5分的差距，并在上半场领先15分，最终以64-51的比分领先对手进入更衣室。
他们在第三节一开始就连进8球，以72比53领先，罗宾洛佩兹的勾手和飞球结束了这一冲刺。在比赛还剩6分25秒时，马克卡宁的3分帮助公牛87-62领先，公牛顶住了压力。
Irving在第四节开始时打出3分将比分缩小到94-86。但是马克卡宁用他自己的一个球回答了这个问题，然后在比赛还剩9分28秒的时候得到了一个3分，使比赛变成了14分。这和上次会议有很大的不同，那次会议上芝加哥队的先发球员在最后20分钟被安排休息，这是吉姆·博伊伦在接替被解雇的弗雷德·霍伯格之后担任主教练的第三场比赛。一些球员提出了抵制第二天训练的可能性。取而代之的是，他们举行了一场只有球员参加的会议，另一场是与教练和管理层的会议。
雷文说:“我认为这让我们作为一个团队走到了一起，因为有些话可能是你不想听到的——双方，教练和球员。”凯尔特人:斯蒂文斯对西北大学整修后的威尔士-瑞安球场有积极的评价，在凯尔特人周五的训练之后。“我一直认为去不同的地方是很有趣的，有时这是一个机会去看一些新的东西，在一个新的健身房。有(西北大学教练克里斯·柯林斯)和我们杜克大学的球员的联系，我知道那会很有趣。”我认识那里的很多人，也有一些足球方面的朋友。我们还有额外的时间。”柯林斯曾在杜克大学(Duke)打球，在2013年接受西北大学的这份工作之前，他曾是那里的一名长期助理。2010-11赛季欧文在纽卡的唯一一个赛季，他是迈克·沙舍夫斯基的手下。杰森·塔图姆——现在是他的第二年——也在杜克大学打球。史蒂文斯在执教巴特勒时曾两次造访西北大学。
公牛队:博伊伦没有关于小奥托波特的最新消息，他因为左腿下部拉伤在下半场缺席了比赛。公牛队篮板比凯尔特人队高49-32,21次罚球中有20次。芝加哥熊队教练马特·纳吉(Matt Nagy)在上半场中场休息时坐在底线附近，全场起立鼓掌。凯尔特人:下周二拜访多伦多猛龙队。公牛队:周一主场迎战密尔沃基雄鹿队。
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原标题：
LaVine scores career-high 42 as Bulls top Celtics
原文：
CHICAGO — The last time they played Boston, the Chicago Bulls walked off the court with the most lopsided loss in franchise history and little signs of hope.
Consider this quite a change.
Zach LaVine scored a career-high 42 points, Lauri Markkanen finished with a personal-best 35 points and 15 rebounds, and the Bulls got some payback with a 126-116 victory over the Celtics on Saturday night.
"That's in the past, a couple of months ago," Markkanen said. "We had it in the back of our minds. We didn't talk about it too much. The coaches didn't say anything about it."
LaVine and Markkanen became the first Chicago teammates to score 35 or more in the same game since Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen each had 37 points at Phoenix on Nov. 20, 1996.
LaVine surpassed his previous high of 41 at New York on Nov. 5. Markkanen, whose best coming in was 33 against the Knicks last season, became the fourth Chicago player in 10 years to score 20 or more in eight straight games. And the Bulls won their season-high third in a row while returning the favour for a 133-77 beating at the United Center in December that was also the biggest romp in the Celtics' storied history.
Kyrie Irving led Boston with 37 points and 10 assists. Al Horford scored 19, but the Celtics lost for the fourth time in six games.
"You're going to have clunkers in the NBA," coach Brad Stevens said.
This was one. But Irving isn't concerned the Celtics' struggles will carry into the playoffs.
"No," he said.
Why not?
"Because I'm here," Irving said.
PULLING AHEAD
The Bulls went on an 18-3 run to start the second quarter, wiping out a five-point deficit, and got up by as much as 15 in the first half before taking a 64-51 lead to the locker room.
They scored eight straight early in the third to go up 72-53, Robin Lopez's hook and floater capping that spurt. Markkanen's 3 made it 87-62 with 6:25 left in the period, and the Bulls withstood a push down the stretch.
Irving hit a 3 to cut it to 94-86 early in the fourth. But Markkanen answered with one of his own, then drove for a three-point play to make it a 14-point game with 9:28 remaining.
LOOKING BACK
It was a big change from the previous meeting, when Chicago's starters got benched for about the final 20 minutes in what was Jim Boylen's third game as coach after replacing the fired Fred Hoiberg. Some players raised the possibility of boycotting practice the following day. Instead, they held a players-only meeting and another with coaches and management.
"I think it brought us together as a team because there were things that were said that maybe you didn't want to hear — both sides, coaches and players," LaVine said.
TIP-INS
Celtics: Stevens had positive reviews for Northwestern's renovated Welsh-Ryan Arena, after the Celtics practiced there on Friday. "I've always thought it's fun to go to different places and sometimes it's an opportunity to see something new, be in a new gym. With (Northwestern coach Chris Collins') connection with our Duke players I knew that would be fun. I know a lot of guys on that staff and have a couple friends on the football staff as well. We had an extra time to come." Collins played at Duke and was a longtime assistant there before taking the Northwestern job in 2013. He was on Mike Krzyzewski's staff for Irving's lone season there in 2010-11. Jayson Tatum — now in his second year — also played at Duke. Stevens made two visits to Northwestern when he coached Butler.
Bulls: Boylen had no update on F Otto Porter Jr., who sat out the second half because of a strained lower left leg. ... The Bulls outrebounded the Celtics 49-32 and made 20 of 21 foul shots. ... Chicago Bears coach Matt Nagy got a standing ovation when he was shown seated along the baseline during a timeout late in the first half.
UP NEXT
Celtics: Visit the Toronto Raptors on Tuesday.
Bulls: Host the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday.
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