Game Thread: Celtics at Lakers 3-3-17

[Vitamike]

The Los Angeles Lakers (19-42) will host the Boston Celtics (39-22) on Friday night. Here is how to watch this NBA rivalry game online.
There are 10 NBA games on the schedule for Friday, Mar. 3. One of those games will be against rival teams in the Boston Celtics (39-22) and the Los Angeles Lakers (19-42). Tipoff from the Staples Center in Los Angeles will be at 10:30 p.m. ET.

Comcast SportsNet New England will carry the game in the Greater Boston area. Spectrum Sports will carry the game in the Greater Los Angeles Area. Since this game will not be nationally televised, the available live stream can be found on NBA League Pass, which requires a subscription.

Boston enters play at 39-22 on the year and in second place in the Eastern Conference. The Celtics lead the Toronto Raptors (36-25) by three games in the Atlantic Division standings. Boston won its most recent game on Wednesday night over the Cleveland Cavaliers, 103-99. The Celtics have gone 6-4 in their last 10 games and have gone 18-13 away from the TD Garden this season.

Los Angeles enters play at 19-42 on the year and in 15th place in the Western Conference. The Lakers have been eliminated from the Pacific Division race. They trail the Denver Nuggets (28-33) by nine games for the No. 8 seed in the Western Conference Playoffs race. Los Angeles has lost five games in a row, has gone 2-8 in its last 10 and is 12-16 as the home team at the Staples Center this season.

Date: Friday, Mar. 3
Time: 10:30 p.m. ET
Location: Los Angeles, California
Venue: Staples Center
TV Info: CSNE, TWSN
Live Stream: NBA League Pass

According to OddsShark.com, the Lakers will be getting 7.5 points at home from the visiting Celtics. The associated moneylines for this game are Boston -345 and Los Angeles +315. This game’s over/under comes in at a combined 220 points.

 

[Vitamike]

D. Russell has come to play

 

[Vitamike]

Hate to say it, and I'll probably be taken behind the woodshed fer it, but this C's team is fun to watch.

 

[Vitamike]

Nice reverse lab for Zu!

 

[Vitamike]

The Lake show struggling from beyond the arc offensively, and in transition on defense has helped the C's to a double digit lead.

 

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Brewer is coming off the bench on fire, with 6pts, 3 rebs and 1 assist in 7 minutes.

 

[Vitamike]

Ouch!

51 points in the first half for the C's so far with more than 6 minutes to go.

 

[Vitamike]

Nice dime by Ingram to set up Randle for the And One.

 

[Vitamike]

Nick with the deeeeeep three after suffering some defensive harassment, leading to a TO and then a Tech.

Maybe that's what this team needs a little more of, playing with some fire in their belly!

 

[Vitamike]

Well it's getting ugly, 20 pt lead for the C's here with a little more than a minute to go in the first half.

I take it back, they are not so fun to watch, especially vs the Lakers!!!

 

[Vitamike]

I'm not a fan of the bail out whistle to close a half but if you get hammered at the rim, that's different.

Oh well, it's the C's by 25.

No wonder y'all are doing sumptin else on the very nice Friday night.

 

[trojanfan12]

I've been watching, but I'm also smoking a nice indica called Sour OG, so I doubt I'll be doing much posting. lol

 

[Vitamike]

I've been watching, but I'm also smoking a nice indica called Sour OG, so I doubt I'll be doing much posting. lol

Enjoy!

15 pt game down from a 31 pt deficit!

Thanks in part to some much improved defense and a 20 3rd quarter by Clarkson!

 

[Vitamike]

C's are playing a bit rattled!

Lakers can cut it to 11!

 

[Vitamike]

The Celtics take a time out and suddenly it's back to 21.

 

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Black with the nice block on the dunk!

 

[wildturkey]

It'd be nice if Ingram could figure out how to score. Not saying he's a bust, far from it, but its worth raising your eyebrow a bit that we're this late into the season and he's still this wildly inconsistent. Most rookies, especially franchise type players, are showing steady (if still slow) improvement as the season progresses (for an example, look at the Cs Jaylen Brown). Ingram will have a decent game and then a streak of 5 games of total butt. He's really young, and there are exceptions for guys that play like this and still turn out ok (Dirk, Butler, etc) but its worth noting he's still struggling to this degree

 

[tomodach10]

It'd be nice if Ingram could figure out how to score. Not saying he's a bust, far from it, but its worth raising your eyebrow a bit that we're this late into the season and he's still this wildly inconsistent. Most rookies, especially franchise type players, are showing steady (if still slow) improvement as the season progresses (for an example, look at the Cs Jaylen Brown). Ingram will have a decent game and then a streak of 5 games of total butt. He's really young, and there are exceptions for guys that play like this and still turn out ok (Dirk, Butler, etc) but its worth noting he's still struggling to this degree

I am not worried about Ingram. He is a rookie. Consistency will come with him. I see his great potential.

 

[trojanfan12]

I am not worried about Ingram. He is a rookie. Consistency will come with him. I see his great potential.

My only concern is that he's not being nearly aggressive enough on offense. From what I've heard, the coaching staff is telling him to be more aggressive, but he just isn't doing it nearly often enough.

Maybe Magic can get Kobe to spend some time with him in the off-season and teach him to be more aggressive.

 

[wildturkey]

I am not worried about Ingram. He is a rookie. Consistency will come with him. I see his great potential.

It's at least worth keeping an eye on though. His shooting numbers are atrocious. He's in the mid 30s % from 2 and under 30% from 3. For a guy billed as a silky smooth scorer coming out of college, those results are worth noting as a concern.

Player Season Finder | Basketball-Reference.com

That's a list of players (I just included guard and forwards since Ingram is a bit of both) that had shooting numbers similar to that as a rookie. Draymond Green became a star, there's some decent players in Bogus, Ainge, and Anderson, and then a whole lot meh. Point is, he needs to work his ass off if he's going to reach the potential he was billed as because its rare to shoot that poorly and turn out to be a franchise type player. He might end up being a lot closer to a reliable starter than he is to a multi-time all star level talent.