The LA Lakers and Boston Celtics are playing live on the NBA schedule on Friday night and the matchup starts past 7:30 pm ET from the TD Garden and has Rajon Rondo and Kobe Bryant meeting up after they had breakfast together and the matchup has two five win teams as Los Angeles heads east for the game.
The Lakers come into the game after a loss against the Wizards and they will next play against the Pelicans and they have five wins and 14 losses this season. The team is averaging over 100 points, but they are ranked last in defense and are allowing 111. The team is getting scoring from Kobe and he comes in leading the team and he had 29 points in the loss against the Wizards.
The Celtics have not been much better and now these two rivals meet up as rebuilding teams after previously playing in the finals. The Lakers have plenty they need to turn around, while the Celtics have some more young talent, as they have been at this a bit longer. Rondo is the key for the Celtics and he comes in after leading with eight assists in the overtime win against the Pistons.
The team comes in after a win against lowly Detroit and in that game Jeff Green led the way with 32 points. The team has the Wizards next after playing the Lakers and this is a classic matchup of teams that are just not playing well.
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