 who stepped up everyone stepped up and that's how the Celtics get to win 124 to 113 in Chicago over the Bulls Celtics post-game live Tom Childs Eddie house we're gonna have Forsberg joining us later tonight we'll hear from Drew and Scow as well but Eddie your thoughts on the Celtics and their ability to hang on and finish this one off against the Bulls yeah they got it done you know a guy stepped up in moments where they needed to look or net rebound on the basketball we just highlighted that Peyton Pritchard playing the way he's been playing assistant of basketball getting his teammates involved the last couple games has been phenomenal the one thing I would say is that I know it's a back-to-back but I would like them to show up to defense you know Chicago nearly shot damn near 60% from the field I mean that's just a little too high of a number but that's nitpicking we still got the victory but when you're trying to win a championship you have to nitpick and you got to stop thing before they start and become something that you can't stop 57.3 percent were the Bulls from the field yeah that is that's pretty good but at the same time so they still find a way to win this game by 11 points meanwhile let's head back out to the United Center Abby Chin stand-by with Al Horford Chicago kept it close with their ball pressure how did you guys finally get some separation and get the win in the fourth I felt like we got a great start in the fourth quarter that unit that was in there really set the tone for us and once we got in there we were able to just close the game out three pointers made the difference you had five of them in this game what is it like being on the floor the way that you guys can spread and know that you are surrounded by elite shooters yeah I mean we're you know we're running our office a good pace JT puts a lot of pressure on the defenses as you can tell and you know we're beneficiaries and I'm taking advantage and I'm taking my shots no question about a monster on the offensive board tonight what kind of impact is he making on this team now unbelievable his energy relentless on the glass key offensive rebounds tapouts put bags he's doing everything for us down there finally Al you guys were without three starters you win your ninth straight game no matter who is on the floor for this team you guys have a great opportunity to win what is so special about this group yeah I think that's how Joe wants us to be right be a team that anybody can come in with our system and we can kind of figure it out and make things happen and our guys were really buying into it and we're seeing we're seeing it with these wins and the way that we're playing no question about it Al thank you congrats I was bringing Drew and scowl now and fellas I guess once again you got five guys scoring in double figures blue cornet 13 rebounds and they just keep finding new ways to win and a new way to win here with the 57th of the season yeah I think the biggest thing is like tonight was cornet's night like him hitting the glass he had a big load keeping Andre drumming off the glass with the pressure he puts on the other side of the floor and everything works in unison it doesn't work for Jason Tatum if you don't have a guy that set a screen and roll to the basket if you don't have space and have Al Horford in the corner or Sam Hauser when you have those things we become really tough to stop and it's average for Derek White to step up and knock down big threes in the fourth quarter but we get used to it but it's still not an easy thing to do and Derek White lives for those moment and it feels like forever ago at this point but remember the Celtics did miss their first four three pointers of this game so I'm sure there are a lot of people in their living room across New England too many threes why do I always chuck these threes well you see why because I know four threes is not exactly a large sample but the Celtics have won three games against the Bulls this year they've swept the season series they made 20 plus threes in all them Joe talks about shot quality all the time and shot margin they dominate both those categories and they went again and it's six points I think in the first five minutes at it six points in the first five minutes and then they ended up with 31 in the quarter it felt like it could have been one of those nights but then and it wasn't yeah but I want to ask out something real quick so I you know I don't want to nitpick but when you try to win a championship you have to nitpick right everything matters the smallest of details 57% from the field that's a little bit too high and was it something what was the reason why they were able to shoot 57% from the field what was it that you were seeing out there because I just felt like everything was kind of like a count slow a little bit late on things I know it's a back-to-back but it's the small details that wins you championships what was you seeing out there exactly what you saw Eddie I think in the fourth quarter we did go to a different level defensively but for the first three quarters I think I mentioned it a few times and I don't know if it's because we were double big or anything like that it just didn't feel like we had that same impact on the ball and you know when you're short-handed and on a back-to-back you I can expect that but it was really refreshing to see them at the end you know just rise up to a different level defensively but know what you saw was correct but well you know like it is a small sample size it's just one game with a short-handed roster and Joe wanted to go double big in this in this game so there's a lot of variables to that I'm curious how we play in Atlanta how we play in New Orleans and really more than anything how we play against Oklahoma City coming up because to me if you can guard that team then you can guard any team in the entire NBA any night because they're so aggressive driving the ball. All right one last thing for you guys because I feel like oftentimes when we talk about offensive rebounding we talk about it as a negative we never look at it at the times when the Celtics are great on the offensive glass but they were great on the offensive glass night Lucorna had five offensive rebounds O Shaper said had another three it's just how refreshing is it to see that side of things. I mean it's a sacrifice when you're gonna play double big then you have to figure out you know where where those shot margins are gonna come from so we did we did pound the glass today was part of our you know our the way we wanted to run offense I think ultimately it did open up the three-point shot because people were cracking back but it's not something that you should bank on it it's nice to see but it's not something that the Celtics look at that and say this is where we're gonna win a championship it's something that's nice if you need it like on a situation like this. And the Bulls are a good rebounding team too. Richovic, Andre Drummond's one of the best rebounders of his generation so for those guys to do what they did against this team very impressive. All right Drew, Scal, thank you guys so much good luck traveling to Atlanta we'll talk to you guys on Monday meanwhile Celtics get the win here 124-113 so an 11-point win 57 and 14 on the season 43 games above 500 more Celtics post the game live coming your way after this.