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Anthony Davis scored 24 points, Austin Reaves added 23 and the Los Angeles Lakers cruised to a 117-96 victory over the Boston Celtics on Thursday night. LeBron James had 20 points and 14 rebounds ...
The Lakers hit 19 of 36 3-pointers, holding off the NBA-leading Celtics to end a two-game losing streak. D’Angelo Russell added 16 points, 14 assists and eight rebounds for the Lakers. Jaxson ...
The Celtics defeated the Lakers four games to three. [45] The Lakers opened the series with a 115–109 victory at the Boston Garden. In Game 2, the Lakers led 113–111 with 18 seconds left when Gerald Henderson stole a James Worthy pass to score a game tying layup and the Celtics eventually prevailed in overtime 124–121. [45]
With the loss the Celtics have lost five of their last 10 games and will travel to Dallas for a 2024 NBA Finals rematch with the Mavericks. ... Lakers vs Celtics takeaways: Anthony Davis and Co ...
After alternating wins with the Lakers, the Celtics won Game 7 and the series with a score of 111–102. This was the last NBA Finals to use the 2–2–1–1–1 format until 2014. The following year, the NBA Finals format was changed to 2–3–2 after Red Auerbach complained about the constant travelling during the Finals.
The 1987 NBA Finals was the championship round of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 1986–87 season, and the culmination of the season's playoffs.The Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers defeated the defending NBA champion and Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics 4 games to 2.
Kevin Garnett scored the first six points of the game to give the Celtics a 6–0 lead and eventually helped the team to a seven-point lead (12–5) early in the first quarter. [12] Following the first full timeout of the game, the Lakers scored 13 straight points thanks in part to free throws by Bryant and Gasol. [12]
The Lakers found their edge from long distance, where they hit 19-of-36 (52.8%) 3-pointers, while the Celtics hit 16 of 48 (33.3%). The Lakers were also aggressive on defense, logging 11 steals en ...