The best rivalry in the NBA is renewed in this absolute rollercoaster of a game but the Celtics edged out the Lakers 122-118 in OT. The Celtics came out of the gate with excellent ball and player movement and looked like their unstoppable selves in that first quarter where we shot 7-11 from 3 with 11 assists on 14 field goals made. We continued the great play through the half and the wheels fell off in the third where we were outscored 32-23 followed by 28-22 in the 4th. The cutting to the rim stopped and we reverted back to iso ball. We watched a 20pt lead turn into a 13pt deficit thanks in large part to a 32-5 Lakers run but the Celtics never gave up.

Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown and Marcus Smart came up with clutch shot after clutch shot none bigger than Jayson Tatums fadeaway mid range over Lebron to force OT. Tatum had another MVP performance with 44pts 9reb and 6ast while his running mate Jaylen Brown finally got some love on national tv. He was super efficient tonight as well scoring 25pts while also adding 15reb and 5ast! As much as some fans were calling for Marcus Smart's head in this because he did take some horrible shots, he was as clutch as anyone. He made big play after big play and hit a couple massive shots but his steal on the inbounds play with the layup to bring the game to 8 was a massive energy shift. This was certainly not a perfect game but the Celtics pulled it off and wrap up their 6 game road trip at 4-2 which is exactly what I predicted when this thing started. Now the Celtics go home to a 7 game home stand!

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