Celtics 負かす／撃墜する Lakers in duel of struggling 競争相手s
Tyler Zeller's 24 points helped 解除する Boston to a 113-96 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers in a 戦う／戦い of storied NBA 競争相手s fallen on hard times.
Zeller connected on 10 of 11 発射s from the 床に打ち倒す and grabbed 14 回復するs for the Celtics, who had 19 points from Jeff Green as they notched a second straight victory in the wake of a five-game skid.
Jared Sullinger 配達するd 17 points and 13 回復するs, Avery Bradley chipped in 16 points and Rajon Rondo 得点する／非難する／２０d 12 points and 手渡すd out 16 補助装置s.
24 points from Tyler Zeller, pictured in 活動／戦闘 last month, helped 解除する Boston to a 113-96 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers in a 戦う／戦い of storied NBA 競争相手s fallen on hard times ?マイク Lawr ie (Getty Images/AFP/とじ込み／提出する)
Kobe Bryant ended with 22 points for the Lakers, who have dropped two straight.
The Lakers and Celtics have met 12 times in the NBA 決勝戦 over the years, and Celtics coach Brad Stevens said their history made any game between them special.
"It is unique to think you're 運動ing downtown to play the Lakers," he said.
But Boston and Los Angeles went into the contest with a 連合させるd 10 勝利，勝つs this season, and Bryant's breakfast with Rondo on Thursday excited as much comment as the game itself.
Bryant 主張するd it was just a social 会合 of friends and 同僚s, and not an 試みる／企てる to try to talk up the Lakers to the 28-year-old Rondo, who will be a 解放する／自由な スパイ／執行官 next July.
Although Bryant has been 声の in his 賞賛する of Rondo, he said their conversation on Thursday was of the "basketball geek" variety, the Los Angeles Times 報告（する）／憶測d.
"We get along 極端に 井戸／弁護士席," Bryant said. "We see the game in a 類似の fashion ーに関して／ーの点でs of our aggressiveness and mindset. It was good to get together with him."
The Celtics 掴むd an 早期に advantage, taking a 30-20 lead after one ４半期/4分の1.
Los Angeles pulled within three several times in the second period, but the Celtics 答える／応じるd each time and put the game away with a 支配的な third ４半期/4分の1, in which they out-得点する／非難する／２０d the Lakers 33-22.
Los Angeles never got closer than nine in the fourth and while Bryant's points total led the Lakers, he needed 21 発射 試みる／企てるs, connecting on just nine of them.
