After 3 confrontations, the Boston Celtics won against the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA Christmas series with an excellent offensive performance.
In NBA history, the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers are the two teams that are both rich in tradition and the most successful, with each team winning 17 championship trophies.
There’s nothing better than letting the green and purple yellow face each other in the Christmas series, bringing together a series of All-Star and All-NBA players like LeBron James, Jayson Tatum, Anthony Davis, Jaylen Brown, Jrue Holiday. …
LeBron James has another NBA Christmas game in his career, this time he and the Los Angeles Lakers welcome their great rival Boston Celtics
Although the Los Angeles Lakers played at home at Crypto.com Arena, the Boston Celtics were the team that started the match better. They bombarded the Lakers’ new starting lineup, starting with a 12-0 run before sometimes leading by 18 points (30-12) in the first half.
The Boston Celtics led by 18 points in the first half, then the Los Angeles Lakers shortened the gap to 1 point at the end of the second half.
It seemed that this uplift would last, but in the third round, the Celtics broke through again. From a tense score with a difference of 1 point, Kristaps Porzingis contributed greatly to creating a series of 10-2 scores to establish an advantage for the away team.
Just like that until the end of the match, the Boston Celtics always maintained a gap of 8-10 points despite all the efforts of the Los Angeles Lakers, especially Davis with one of the best matches from the beginning of the season.
The final whistle blew with a 126-115 victory for the Boston Celtics, sealing their first win over the Lakers in three meetings in the Christmas series.
Kristaps Porzingis led the Boston Celtics’ 10-2 scoring streak in the third quarter, putting the blue-shirted team in an active position.
Kristaps Porzingis’s 28 points and 11 rebounds led the Boston Celtics’ extremely even team effort.
All of the away team’s starters scored at least 18 points including Porzingis, Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, Derrick White and Jrue Holiday. White alone had a double-double with 11 assists. Holiday and Tatum each contributed 7 assists.
This is Boston’s third consecutive victory, and also the 12th win in the last 14 appearances.
All members of the Boston Celtics starting lineup have at least 18 points in this match
As for the Los Angeles Lakers, Anthony Davis had the 40th 40-point game of his career in the Regular Season, accompanied by 13 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 block.
LeBron James was quieter than usual today, with 16 points (5-14 FG) with 9 rebounds, 8 assists and 3 turnovers. Taurean Prince is the remaining prominent name with 17 points (5-12 3PT).
Today was a rare day when the Lakers shot 3-pointers better than their opponents, achieving a success rate of more than 40% with 13-32 3PT. But slow entry and many mistakes in ball deployment and free throws prevented the LA team from winning.
LeBron James was a bit quieter than in previous matches with 5-14 FGs, scoring 16 points with 9 rebounds and 8 assists.
Although Anthony Davis had 40 points with only 2 missed free throws, he made an example of himself:
“You often think about the shots you made, the points you scored. But you should also think about missed shots, defensive situations where you could have done better, or rebounds you could have contested.
Today I missed a free throw that led to a quick 3-point rebound from my opponent. The only thing I thought about after the game was that if I had thrown that free kick, everything could have been very different.”
Anthony Davis blamed himself for a missed free throw in the third quarter despite scoring 40 points the whole game
The Los Angeles Lakers will have 2 days to contemplate their 6th defeat in 8 games since winning the NBA In-Season Tournament championship. The next appearance will be to welcome the Charlotte Hornets (7 wins, 20 losses) next Friday morning, December 29 Vietnam time.
Highlights of the NBA Christmas game between Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics
