The Celtics need to trounce the Bulls and get some help from the Nets -- or a slew of other teams -- to advance in the NBA's In-Season Tournament on Tuesday night.

Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 33 points, Damian Lillard added 32 and the Milwaukee Bucks rallied in the fourth quarter to beat the Miami Heat 131-124 on Tuesday night and clinch a home quarterfinal game in the NBA In-Season Tournament.

The Boston Celtics did their job, cruising against the Chicago Bulls, and the Brooklyn Nets pulled it out against the Toronto Raptors for the Celtics to clinch Group C and advance to the quarterfinal.

EAST SEEDS ARE LOCKED FOR THE KNOCKOUT ROUNDS. (4) Knicks at (1) Bucks (3) Celtics at (2) Pacers Quarterfinals begin Monday, 12/4 on TNT.

It was strange and it was confusing at times, but the final night of group play in the NBA's first In-Season Tournament was a blast. Especially for the Celtics and Boston fans.

The group stage of the inaugural NBA In-Season Tournament came to a close on Tuesday with a thrilling night of action that even the biggest skeptics had to enjoy. Now, the quarterfinals are set for the knockout stage.

The Boston Celtics delivered a dominating outing against the Chicago Bulls at TD Garden on Tuesday evening, securing a spot in the NBA's new in-season tournament quarterfinals as a result of their blowout win.

The Celtics are through to the quarterfinals in the NBA's In-Season Tournament, and are just three wins away from the first-ever NBA Cup.

Jaylen Brown had another excellent game as the Celtics rolled to a win. The post Celtics beat Bulls, improbably advance in the In-Season Tournament: 8 takeaways appeared first on Boston.com.

Over the past few days, the Celtics gave no real indication about how aggressively they would pursue a spot in the In-Season Tournament quarterfinals. There were plenty of permutations in play, but the one common theme was that the Celtics would need to defeat the Bulls by quite a lot in order to win a tiebreaker.