NBA

Boston Celtics at Los Angeles Lakers

· National Basketball Association
31-14, 16-6 Away
Final
96 - 117

24-18, 16-6 Home

Anthony Davis, Austin Reaves propel Lakers to 117-96 victory over Celtics

Jayson Tatum nails the 3 vs. Los Angeles Lakers

LeBron James had 20 points and 14 rebounds after being selected for the All-Star Game for the 21st consecutive season earlier in the day.

James also passed Hakeem Olajuwon into seventh place in defensive rebounds in NBA history early in the third quarter. James, who has 9,720, needed six going into the game to pass the Hall of Fame center.

Kristaps Porzingis led Boston with 22 points and Jaylen Brown added 17.

Los Angeles, which has won two straight after a stretch where it dropped four of six, was up by 28 during the fourth quarter.

Takeaways Celtics: Jayson Tatum, also voted to the All-Star Game, finished with 16 points. Boston played three games in four days and was coming off a 117-113 overtime victory against the Clippers on Wednesday.

Lakers: Gabe Vincent tied a season high with four 3-pointers and finished with 12 points. Los Angeles hit 11 3-pointers in the first half, tying its season high for the first two quarters. It was 15 of 35 from beyond the arc for the game.

Key moment James drove past Luke Kornet and Sam Hauser in the lane and finished with a dunk with 8.9 seconds left in the first quarter to give the Lakers a 34-23 lead and finish a 17-5 run to close out the period.

Key stat Bronny James got into his second straight game and was 0 of 1 from the field in four minutes.

Up next Both teams return to action Saturday. The Celtics are at Dallas and the Lakers begin a six-game road trip against Golden State.

Regular Season Series

LAL lead series 1-0

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 96 - 117
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 96 - 117
4th 0.0 (00:00) [Celtics] REF-INITIATED REVIEW (REPLAY SUPPORTS CALL) 96 - 117
4th 0.2 Jaden Springer makes 28-foot three pointer 96 - 117
4th 6.1 shot clock turnover 93 - 117

Statistics

https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/bos.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originBOS https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/lal.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originLAL
35-91 FG 42-89
38 Field Goal % 47
14-41 3PT 15-35
34 Three Point % 43
12-18 FT 18-20
67 Free Throw % 90
42 Rebounds 53
11 Offensive Rebounds 10
31 Defensive Rebounds 43
23 Assists 27
5 Steals 4
6 Blocks 3
7 Turnovers 6
0 Team Turnovers 4
7 Total Turnovers 10
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
6 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 15
5 Fast Break Points 16
36 Points in Paint 46
17 Fouls 14
1 Largest Lead 28
Los Angeles Lakers Los Angeles Lakers Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Rui Hachimura, F Day-To-Day Dec 23
Luka Doncic, G Day-To-Day Dec 23
Jaxson Hayes, C Day-To-Day Dec 23
Gabe Vincent, G Out Dec 18
Boston Celtics Boston Celtics Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Jordan Walsh, G Day-To-Day Dec 22
Jayson Tatum, F Out Oct 9

Game Information

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Location: Los Angeles, CA
Attendance: 18,997 · Capacity:

2025-26 Atlantic Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
New York 20 9 .690 - L1
Boston 18 11 .621 2 W3
Toronto 18 13 .581 3 W1
Philadelphia 16 12 .571 3.5 L1
Brooklyn 9 19 .321 10.5 W2

2025-26 Pacific Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
LA Lakers 19 9 .679 - L2
Phoenix 16 13 .552 3.5 W1
Golden State 15 15 .500 5 W2
LA Clippers 8 21 .276 11.5 W2
Sacramento 7 23 .233 13 L1
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