James had missed eight games with an abdominal strain, and the Lakers went while he was sidelined. Tatum started 1 for 5 from the floor before getting his offense flowing, driving hard for a handful of baskets.
He was extremely aggressive. The teams who have accounted for nearly half of the NBA's championships with 17 apiece renewed their rivalry in front of a raucous TD Garden crowd that made it seem like a playoff atmosphere from the opening tip. His 3-pointer from the left corner increased it to with to go. Lakers: Davis had been listed as probable with a right thigh injury.
Vogel, in his third season with LA, has already been involved in the rivalry. With James and Westbrook playing dominant floor games, Los Angeles made Guys were attacking the rim. Tatum scored 14 of his 34 points in an incredible early first-quarter blitz for the Celtics, who dropped to on their four-game West Coast trip. Jaylen Brown sat out his third straight game with a strained right hamstring, and nobody else managed more than Robert Williams III 's 13 points for Boston.
The Lakers got a much-needed comfortable victory in the th edition of the matchup between venerable franchises with a record 17 championships apiece and a record 12 NBA Finals meetings.
Boston and Los Angeles split their season series for the fifth straight campaign after the Celtics beat the Lakers last month behind Tatum's 37 points. Westbrook staked the Lakers to a point lead in the third by scoring 15 points in the quarter with a series of dominant drives against whatever Boston guard had the bad luck to be matched up with him. After a tentative start with his hometown team, Westbrook is averaging The Lakers have lost seven games this season in which they held a double-digit lead, but Boston never applied fourth-quarter pressure in this one.
They would put their head down, get to the basket and get whatever they wanted. The Nets had no doubts about just how good they can be when Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and James Harden are playing together after Wednesday night's demolition of the East-leading Bulls. Cleveland Cavaliers , sixth in the Eastern Conference vs. San Antonio Spurs , 12th in the Western Conference. Phoenix Suns , first in the Western Conference vs. Indiana Pacers , 13th in the Eastern Conference.
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