The Los Angeles Lakers lost 107-100 to the Boston Celtics, but not without Kobe Bryant throwing one last defiant punch at his hated rivals. Bryant scored a game-high 34 points, breaking the 30-point mark for just the fourth time this season and finishing with his second-highest scoring total on the year. His effort to leave Boston fans with the taste of defeat one last time wasn't enough, though.
Isaiah Thomas led the way for Boston, scoring 26 points on 10-of-20 shooting while making four of his nine three-point attempts. Evan Turner tossed in 17 points, missing just five shots on the night, though he also took an inadvertent short from Julius Randle in the final moments that left him running back to the locker room without ever looking back at the court.