Chicago Bulls (1-4) at Boston Celtics (3-1) Game #5 10/30/26

Chicago Bulls (1-4) at Boston Celtics (3-1)
Friday, October 30, 2026
7:30 PM ET
Regular Season Game #5, Home Game #4
NBA Emirates Cup Game #1
TV: NBCSB, CHSN, NBA-LP
Radio: 98.5 Sports Hub, 104.3 The Score, Sirius XM
TD Garden

The Celtics host the Chicago Bulls for the 2nd time in a week. This is the 2nd of 4 games between these two teams this season. The Celtics won the first game 134-99 in the first game in Boston. They will meet two more times in Chicago on December 30 and March 9. The Celtics are 140-111 overall all time against the Bulls and they are 81-40 all times in games played in Boston.

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This is the first NBA Emirates Cup game for both teams. They are part of East Group C, which also includes Charlotte, Atlanta and Washington. The Celtics will play at Charlotte on November 6 and at Washington on November 24. They will host Atlanta on November 27. If they win the group, they will advance to the quarterfinals on December 4 and 5. The Semifinals are December 8 and 9. The Championship is December 11. The Celtics have only made it out of the group stage once, back in 2023.

The Bulls have had a lot of change since last season. They replaced Billy Donovan with Tiago Splitter at head coach. They traded for Nic Claxton and Buddy Hield. They signed free agent Norman Powell and 2-way players Tobe Awaka and Jaylin Sellers. They signed Caleb Wilson (4th pick) and Dailyn Swain (15th pick). They lost Anfernee Simons, Collin Sexton, Nick Richards, Yuki Kawamura, MacMcClung, Guerschon Yabusele and Rob Dillingham.

After this game, the Celtics will play at Orlando and Houston and then home against Milwaukee before a road trip takes them through Charlotte, Milwaukee, Philadelphia and Toronto. They play Dallas and Orlando at home before a West coast trip that takes them through Denver, Sacramento, Golden State, and Washington. They then play one game at home against Atlanta before playing at San Antonio and Dallas.

Next for the Bulls, they will play at Philadelphia and at New York. They then host Philadelphia, San Antonio and Atlanta before playing at Minnesota, Cleveland, and Brooklyn. They then host Washington,…

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