Bulls coach Vinny Del Negro pointed out the Celtics were “basically the same team we played in the playoffs’’ after the Bulls took a 96-83 victory Thursday night at TD Garden. The names of the Celtic players were the same but the energy levels were different, though they were only 38 games into the regular season. (Full article: 552 words)

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