Los Angeles Lakers vs Boston Celtics recap and highlights

The Los Angeles Lakers lost to the Boston Celtics at TD Garden on Wednesday, 107-96. Check out our recap and highlights of the game.

The Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics renewed their rivalry for the first time in the 2017-18 season on Wednesday night. Both teams came into the game riding hot streaks, as the Lakers had won two games in a row while the Celtics had won nine.

Someone’s streak had to come to an end. Unfortunately, it was the Lakers streak that was snapped. The Celtics ran their winning streak to an impressive 10 games, while the Lakers first road trip of the season gets off on the wrong foot.

Like we have seen so often this season, the Lakers went down early. Boston took control of the game right after the Lakers took a 2-0 lead, going ahead by 17 at the end of the first quarter. The Celtics would lead by as many as 21 points in the game, but, like they have all season, the Lakers did not back down as they clawed their way back.

Los Angeles would get as close as three points in the fourth quarter and looked ready to make another comeback. However, Boston was too much to overcome, as three points were as close as the Lakers would get.

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The Lakers looked to have an advantage coming into the game with Celtics center Al Horford out as he was put into concussion protocol. That advantage quickly dissipated as Aron Baynes stepped into the lineup for Horford and produced a career game.

Baynes proved to be too much for the Lakers to handle inside. He scored a game-high 21 points, adding eight rebounds and three assists in only 23 minutes. His five offensive rebounds were big, as it gave the Celtics extra possessions on a night offense was difficult to come by.

While Boston scored 107 points, they shot only 38.8 percent from the field and 24.1 percent from deep. Baynes and Daniel Theis were the only Celtics to shoot at least 50 percent. Jayson Tatum did as well, but he took only two shots as he was forced from the game with an injury.

Oddly enough, the Lakers actually shot the ball better than Boston. Los Angeles shot 43.5 percent from the field but made only 20.8 percent from three-point land. The Lakers had six players score in double-figures, led by 18 from Brandon Ingram and Jordan Clarkson.

Lonzo Ball struggled with his shot once again, as he scored nine points on 4-of-15 from the field and 1-of-5 from deep.

Julius Randle was great again off the bench, scoring 16 points with 12 rebounds, two assists and one steal in only 21 minutes of play.

Highlights

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The Lakers will not have much time to recuperate. They will be right back at it tomorrow night as they travel to take on the Washington Wizards.