After defeating the Los Angeles Lakers just a couple of weeks ago in blowout fashion, the Boston Celtics got smothered at Staples Center last night, 117-102. Jayson Tatum started off the game hot, but things went downhill in the second half.
Boston got outscored by 11 points in the third quarter and would not recover for the rest of the game. This resulted in head coach Ime Udoka pulling his starters with under 5:30 left on the game clock.
At that point in the game, Boston was down 15 points, and the Lakers were leaving the door open for a comeback.