How to watch Boston Celtics vs. Chicago Bulls: NBA live stream info, TV channel, start time, game odds

How to watch Celtics vs. Bulls basketball game

By Scout Staff

Dec 19, 2024 at 3:30 pm ET • 2 min read

Who's Playing

Chicago Bulls @ Boston Celtics

Current Records: Chicago 12-15, Boston 21-5

How To Watch

When: Thursday, December 19, 2024 at 7:30 p.m. ET
Where: TD Garden -- Boston, Massachusetts
TV: Chicago Sport Network
Follow: CBS Sports App
Online streaming: fuboTV (Try for free. Regional restrictions may apply.)
Ticket Cost: $101.00

What to Know

The Celtics will be playing the full four quarters on Thursday, but they're expected to have things wrapped up well before that. Armed with a few days' rest, they will face off against the Chicago Bulls at 7:30 p.m. ET at TD Garden. The Celtics are strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 119.9 points per game this season.

The Celtics are headed into this one after the oddsmakers set last week's over/under low at 234, but even that wound up being too high. They enjoyed a cozy 112-98 victory over the Wizards on Sunday. Boston pushed the score to 91-72 by the end of the third, a deficit Washington cut but never quite recovered from.

The Celtics smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 16 offensive rebounds. That's the most offensive rebounds they've posted since back in October.

Meanwhile, in a tight matchup that could have gone either way, the Bulls made off with a 122-121 win over the Raptors. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Chicago.

The Bulls' success was spearheaded by the efforts of Nikola Vucevic, who went 10 for 17 en route to 24 points plus five rebounds and two blocks, and Josh Giddey, who almost dropped a double-double on 11 points and nine rebounds.

Boston is on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 14 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 21-5 record this season. As for Chicago, their victory bumped their record up to 12-15.

Keep an eye on the arc in Thursday's match: The Celtics have made nailing deep shots look easy this year this season, having averaged 19 threes per game. However, it's not like the Bulls struggle in that department as they've been averaging 16.5. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.

The Celtics beat the Bulls 138-129 in their previous matchup back in November. Will the Celtics repeat their success, or do the Bulls have a better game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.