Game Preview: Celtics @ Chicago

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CHICAGO (Ticker) -- The Chicago Bulls seek their first three-game
winning
                 streak of the season tonight when they host the Boston
Celtics.

                 Toni Kukoc had season highs with 33
                 points and 10 assists Friday as the
                 Bulls defeated the Washington
                 Wizards, 110-103, to complete a
                 sweep of a home-and-away series.
                 Chicago snapped a season-high
                 11-game losing streak with a 77-66 win over Washington
on Wednesday at
                 the United Center.

                 Friday's victory ended Chicago's 15-game road losing
streak this season. The
                 Bulls had been the only NBA team yet to win away from
home this season.

                 Kukoc returned Wednesday after missing 24 games with a
back injury and
                 the versatile forward did not look rusty, collecting 18
points and 11 rebounds.
                 On Friday, he helped the Bulls eclipse 100 points for
the first time this
                 season.

                 Paul Pierce had 19 points and 10 rebounds Friday as the
Celtics posted a
                 101-93 win over Sacramento for their third victory in
four games. Antoine
                 Walker just missed a triple-double with 17 points, 10
rebounds and nine
                 assists.

                 Boston is looking to avenge a 92-91 loss at Chicago on
November 13 in the
                 only previous meeting between the teams this season.
Fred Hoiberg hit a foul
                 shot with 1.7 seconds remaining as the Bulls became the
last team in the
                 NBA to break into the win column this season.