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2017 NBA Playoffs: Chicago Bulls-Boston Celtics First Round Schedule

By Jordan Campbell

Mar 12, 2017; Boston, MA, USA; Chicago Bulls forward Jimmy Butler (21) goes to the basket past Boston Celtics forward Amir Johnson (90) during the first half of the Boston Celtics 100-80 win over the Chicago Bulls at TD Garden. Mandatory Credit: Winslow Townson-USA TODAY Sports
Mar 12, 2017; Boston, MA, USA; Chicago Bulls forward Jimmy Butler (21) goes to the basket past Boston Celtics forward Amir Johnson (90) during the first half of the Boston Celtics 100-80 win over the Chicago Bulls at TD Garden. Mandatory Credit: Winslow Townson-USA TODAY Sports /
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The NBA announced on Thursday the schedule for the first round of the 2017 NBA Playoffs. When are the games between the Chicago Bulls and Boston Celtics?

With their strong defeat of the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday, the Chicago Bulls clinched the eighth seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs.

What does the eighth seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs guarantee the Bulls in the first round of the 2017 NBA Playoffs? An opening series against the Boston Celtics. The Celtics enter the 2017 NBA Playoffs as the first seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs.

2017 NBA Playoffs: First Round Schedule- Chicago Bulls versus Boston Celtics:

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  • Game 1: Chicago at Boston, Sunday, April 16 at 5:30 p.m.
  • Game 2: Chicago at Boston, Tuesday, April 18  at 7 p.m.
  • Game 3: Boston at Chicago, Friday, April 21, 6 p.m.
  • Game 4: Boston at Chicago, Sunday, April 23  at 5:30 p.m.
  • Game 5: Chicago at Boston, Wednesday, April 26, TBD*
  • Game 6: Boston at Chicago, Friday, April 28, TBD*
  • Game 7: Chicago at Boston, Sunday, April 30, TBD*

The Bulls and Celtics split their season series with each team winning two games apiece.

There has been no team more annoying in the NBA this season than the Chicago Bulls. Let’s be honest, no one actually wanted the Bulls to make the playoffs. Bulls fans were clamoring for a collapse and the team gaining a lottery selection in the 2017 NBA Draft (Damn you, Brooklyn, and resting 6 of your regular players).

Now that the Bulls are actually in the playoffs, their matchup against the Celtics is not terrible. The young, Celtics team is not playoff tested and that could play a factor as they face as Bulls’ team that features playoff-experienced veterans in Dwyane Wade, Rajon Rondo, and Jimmy Butler.

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