Kristaps Porzingis scored 26 of his season-high 34 points in the first half, and the Boston Celtics coasted to a 122-100 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Wednesday night.

Basketball is a game of runs. To defeat the 2021 NBA champions and walk off the Madison Square Garden floors with a 2-0 record against the Denver Nuggets, the Knicks had to withstand a few of them.