Lakers 117-96 Celtics (Jan 23, 2025) Box Score

Boston Celtics

31-14, 16-6 away

	1	2	3	4	T
BOS	23	25	20	28	96
LAL	34	33	16	34	117

Los Angeles Lakers

24-18, 16-6 home

117

Boston Celtics

starters
Jayson TatumJ. Tatum#0
Kristaps PorzingisK. Porzingis#8
Jrue HolidayJ. Holiday#4
Derrick WhiteD. White#9
Jaylen BrownJ. Brown#7
bench
Baylor ScheiermanB. Scheierman#55
Sam HauserS. Hauser#30
Al HorfordA. Horford#42
Luke KornetL. Kornet#40
Neemias QuetaN. Queta#88
Payton PritchardP. Pritchard#11
Jaden SpringerJ. Springer#44
Jordan WalshJ. Walsh#27
Xavier TillmanX. Tillman#26
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
30	5-12	2-6	4-7	0	6	6	5	1	1	2	1	-13	16
27	9-16	2-5	2-2	1	6	7	2	0	1	1	2	-11	22
25	1-6	1-3	0-0	0	3	3	1	1	0	2	2	-8	3
19	1-5	1-3	0-0	3	0	3	3	0	1	1	1	-1	3
33	7-19	3-9	0-3	2	6	8	3	1	0	0	2	-18	17
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
6	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0
13	2-4	2-4	0-0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	-9	6
24	1-5	0-3	0-0	0	4	4	2	0	1	1	2	-22	2
12	1-3	0-0	2-2	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	3	-14	4
9	2-3	0-0	2-2	1	0	1	3	2	1	0	0	+4	6
24	2-12	1-5	2-2	0	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	-17	7
9	4-5	2-2	0-0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	+4	10
8	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
		35-91	14-41	12-18	11	31	42	23	5	6	7	17	96
	38.5%	34.1%	66.7%

Los Angeles Lakers

starters
Anthony DavisA. Davis#3
Rui HachimuraR. Hachimura#28
LeBron JamesL. James#23
Austin ReavesA. Reaves#15
Max ChristieM. Christie#12
bench
Dorian Finney-SmithD. Finney-Smith#17
Cam ReddishC. Reddish#5
Jaxson HayesJ. Hayes#11
Christian KolokoC. Koloko#10
Gabe VincentG. Vincent#7
Shake MiltonS. Milton#20
Bronny JamesB. James#9
Dalton KnechtD. Knecht#4
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
31	9-18	0-1	6-6	2	6	8	3	1	3	1	1	+15	24
28	3-9	2-5	2-2	2	5	7	2	1	0	0	1	+12	10
31	9-20	0-2	2-2	3	11	14	6	0	0	2	0	+7	20
33	7-13	4-8	5-6	0	3	3	6	0	0	0	1	+14	23
29	2-6	2-6	0-0	0	4	4	2	0	0	2	1	+12	6
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
20	0-2	0-2	0-0	2	2	4	0	2	0	0	2	+20	0
3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-5	0
14	2-4	0-0	1-2	1	7	8	1	0	0	0	0	+14	5
4	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-2	2
26	4-8	4-7	0-0	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	5	+22	12
3	0-0	0-0	2-2	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	-5	2
4	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	0
14	5-7	3-4	0-0	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	2	+3	13
		42-89	15-35	18-20	10	43	53	27	4	3	6	14	117
	47.2%	42.9%	90.0%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

0:18

LeBron throws down a hammer dunk

0:18

Jayson Tatum drops in a 3-pointer for the Celtics

0:19

Tatum spins in for a tough and-1

0:25

Regular Season Series

LAL lead 1-0

Celtics
96
Lakers
117

Game 1

1/23

Lakers
Celtics

Game 2

3/8

ABC/ESPN+

crypto.com Arena

10:00 PM, January 23, 2025Coverage: TNT/truTV/Max

Los Angeles, CA

Line: BOS -6.5

Over/Under: 218.5

Attendance: 18,997

Referees:
Curtis Blair
John Butler
Mousa Dagher

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Boston	31	14	.689	-	L1
New York	29	16	.644	2	W2
Philadelphia	15	27	.357	14.5	L7
Brooklyn	14	31	.311	17	L5
Toronto	12	32	.273	18.5	W2

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
LA Lakers	24	18	.571	-	W2
LA Clippers	25	19	.568	-	W1
Sacramento	23	21	.523	2	L1
Phoenix	22	21	.512	2.5	W1
Golden State	22	22	.500	3	W1

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