Lakers (23-26) at Celtics (35-15) Game #51 1/28/23

[Silas]

Entertaining game.

[Kuberski33]

Beating LA never ever gets old.  Great win and nice bounce back from Jaylen.

Not to mention a classic LeBron whine - even though he did get fouled, lol. Too bad.

[SCeltic34]

That's why I love JB.  Well-spoken, knows how to handle adversity.  And he puts in the work.  Noone can question that.  And he trusts his own work.

[slamtheking]

Jaylen goes 12 min with 5 fouls,

and he did it without being a weak point on defense too

[ozgod]

Not the prettiest game to watch, and the result will do little to answer the questions a lot here have about Joe Mazz and the team, but they deserve credit for showing heart and gutsing out a win. Not every game will be beautiful or mistake free but hopefully each game builds character and helps them figure out how to win difficult games when they aren't shooting well. Though we did shoot much better from 3 in the 2nd half, particularly the 2nd half of the 3rd quarter onwards, than the first.

Jaylen with a meh type game where he still scored 37 points despite shooting poorly from 3 and having some defensive lapses. But he, like the team, did enough to win.

TPs for all!

3 game losing streak ended. They will go through periods of poor play, I know we all want perfection every night but if they can grind out wins when playing poorly and not quit or let their heads drop that's going to hold them in good stead come playoff time.

[Goldstar88]

Brogdon had 26 of the C’s 28 bench points.

[PAOBoston]

Can someone explain to me playing Kornet over White down the stretch when Horford was in lineup? Felt like Cs were giving Lakers advantage there.

[Donoghus]

Beating LA never ever gets old.  Great win and nice bounce back from Jaylen.

Not to mention a classic LeBron whine - even though he did get fouled, lol. Too bad.

Watching that Lebron meltdown at the end of regulation & getting the win just makes it all that sweeter!

[GetLucky]

Thank goodness the C's have 3 days off now. They all look absolutely gassed.

[tenn_smoothie]

Always feels good to beat the Lakers… TP’s for all!!!

SWEEP !!!!!

[Phantom255x]

WHAT A WIN! MUCH NEEDED 

[Kuberski33]

The Great Jaylen Brown!!!

Jaylen has the Bird/Paul Pierce 'go for the kill' instinct with the game on the line. That's one area where I think he has an edge on Tatum.

[ozgod]

Great shorthanded win.  I'm sure social media will be perfectly rational about that non-call on Lebron to end regulation.

Watching that and seeing LeBum's reaction and histrionics and agony after realizing they used up their challenge on a meaningless play made suffering through all the poor play beforehand worthwhile

[SCeltic34]

Did enough to win, but man we're just not playing good ball right now. Some of it is injuries, and clearly JT and others are fatigued. Buy, yeah, some concerning stuff.

One good thing, though, is that Joe did seem more willing than he has all year to make timeouts and put things in play to try and impact the game. Hopefully he's learning in that regard.

But, please, get back soon, Smart and Timelord!

I hate to say this and be a downer after a good win, but let's be honest - the C's didn't deserve this one.  Lots of poor play.  Only 18 assists for the game even with overtime.  Bad play call by Mazzula down the stretch.

OTOH, good teams find a way to win.  And we did that today.

[Silas]

It don't get easy with the Nets next.  Go Cs and a great win.