What happened
Boston beat Chicago 125-111 in its NBA Cup opener after a 44-point first quarter and a 78-49 halftime lead, with Payton Pritchard scoring 20 before intermission.
Joe Mazzulla opened the wing rotation with Hugo González ahead of Baylor Scheierman, while Sam Hauser and Neemias Queta supplied efficient bench minutes.
LINEUP CONTEXT
The early bench order suggests Mazzulla is still testing wing combinations, so Hugo and Scheierman's roles remain fluid entering the next Cup game.
Automated brief based on the linked report. Lineup context is analysis; official starting-five labels come separately from our game data provider.
Original reporting: 10 takeaways from the Celtics’ NBA Cup win over the Bulls — Yahoo Sports ↗