Anthony Davis leads the Lakers to their biggest regular season win over Celtic since 2007
Anthony Davis he scored 24 points, Austin Reaves added 23 i Los Angeles Lakers cruises to a 117-96 victory over Boston Celtics On Thursday night, their biggest margin of victory over their bitter rivals in the regular season since 2007.
LeBron James had 20 points and 14 rebounds after Selected for the All-Star Game For the 21st consecutive season earlier in the day.
James also passed Hakeem Olajuwon for seventh in defensive rebounds in NBA history early in the third quarter. James, who has 9,720, needs six innings to pass the Hall of FAME Center.
Kristaps Porzingis Led Boston with 22 points and Jailen Brown Added on the 17th.
Los Angeles, which has won two straight after a stretch where it dropped four of six, went up by 28 in the fourth quarter.
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Celts: Jayson TatumIt also voted for the All-Star game, ending with 16 points. Boston played three games in four days and was coming off a 117-113 overtime victory against the Skaters 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 a season high for the first two quarters. It was 15 out of 35 from ARC for the game.
A key moment
James put off the past Hatch seeds 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 cap a 17-5 run to close the period.
Key stat
Bronnie James entered his second straight game and was 0 of 1 from the field in four minutes.
The next one
Both teams return on Saturday. The Celtics are in Dallas and the Lakers begin a six-game road trip against Golden State.
Associated press reporting.
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