Sorry Boston, but don’t expect to hear Mindy Kaling chant “beat LA” the next time the Celtics take on the Lakers.

Two of the NBA's top players will be squaring off when Jayson Tatum (26.8 points per game, seventh in league) and the Boston Celtics (41-16) welcome in LeBron James (24.7, 14th) and the Los Angeles ...

Meanwhile, the Celtics are 5-4 in their last nine, a pedestrian record for a team 18 games above .500 and at the second seed in the Eastern Conference. Three of those losses were by double digits ...

This upcoming match will be the first Celtics vs Lakers game of the 2024/25 season. The Los Angeles Lakers don’t have nearly enough depth to pose any kind of threat to the Boston Celtics.