Newer meeting, Feb 22: BOS 111, LAL 89

Los Angeles Lakers vs Boston Celtics: player stats

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Los Angeles Lakers

TD Garden · Boston, MA

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LAL

Game leaders

BOS

Points
Los Angeles Lakers: Luka Doncic34 PTS11-22 FG, 5-10 3P, 7-8 FT
Boston Celtics: Jayson Tatum40 PTS12-28 FG, 6-16 3P, 10-12 FT
Rebounds
Los Angeles Lakers: LeBron James14 REB2 OREB, 12 DREB
Boston Celtics: Jayson Tatum12 REB1 OREB, 11 DREB
Assists
Los Angeles Lakers: LeBron James9 AST22 PTS, 1 TOV
Boston Celtics: Jayson Tatum8 AST40 PTS, 3 TOV

The Boston Celtics beat the Los Angeles Lakers 111-101 on March 8, 2025 at TD Garden. Jayson Tatum led the Boston Celtics with 40 points; Luka Doncic scored 34 for the Los Angeles Lakers.

Los Angeles Lakers box score
Los Angeles Lakers
Austin ReavesG	39:00	16	3	2	5-12	4-7	2-2	1	0	1	0	-12
Luka DoncicF-G	37:00	34	8	3	11-22	5-10	7-8	1	0	5	2	-19
Dorian Finney-SmithF	36:00	8	4	0	3-8	2-7	0-0	1	0	0	5	-10
LeBron JamesF	35:00	22	14	9	11-23	0-6	0-3	0	0	1	3	-11
Jarred VanderbiltF	29:00	4	8	2	2-5	0-1	0-1	2	0	2	4	0
Dalton KnechtF	24:00	9	5	1	4-6	1-3	0-0	0	1	0	0	+9
Gabe VincentG	19:00	2	0	1	1-4	0-3	0-0	0	0	1	2	-18
Jordan GoodwinG	16:00	6	3	0	2-6	2-3	0-0	1	0	2	0	+6
Trey JemisonC	6:00	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	+5
Team	241	101	45	18	39-87	14-40	9-14	6	1	12	17

DNP: Bronny James, Christian Koloko, Maxi Kleber, Jaxson Hayes, Rui Hachimura, Cameron Reddish, Shake Milton, Alex Len, Markieff Morris

Boston Celtics box score
Boston Celtics
Jayson TatumF	45:00	40	12	8	12-28	6-16	10-12	2	1	3	3	+12
Jaylen BrownG	42:00	31	6	2	13-25	3-6	2-4	3	0	2	2	+11
Al HorfordC-F	37:00	14	9	4	5-9	1-3	3-4	3	1	0	1	+16
Derrick WhiteG	36:00	10	5	7	3-7	1-5	3-3	1	1	2	0	+17
Jrue HolidayG	35:00	7	5	1	3-6	1-3	0-0	0	0	2	2	+9
Payton PritchardG	23:00	3	2	2	1-5	1-4	0-0	0	2	0	1	-2
Sam HauserF	12:00	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	1	-7
Luke KornetF-C	11:00	6	4	0	3-3	0-0	0-2	0	0	0	1	-6
Team	241	111	43	24	40-84	13-38	18-25	9	5	9	11

DNP: JD Davison, Drew Peterson, Kristaps Porzingis, Neemias Queta, Xavier Tillman, Baylor Scheierman, Jordan Walsh, Miles Norris, Torrey Craig

Team stats

Team stats: Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics
LAL	Stat	BOS
44.8%39-87	Field-goal percentage	47.6%(better)40-84
35.0%(better)14-40	Three-point percentage	34.2%13-38
64.3%9-14	Free-throw percentage	72.0%(better)18-25
45(better)	Rebounds	43
9	Offensive rebounds	11(better)
36(better)	Defensive rebounds	32
18	Assists	24(better)
6	Steals	9(better)
1	Blocks	5(better)
12	Turnovers	9(better)
17	Personal fouls	11(better)

Team advanced
LAL	Stat	BOS
94.2	Pace	94.2
106.8	Off. rating	117.4(better)
117.4	Def. rating	106.8(better)
-10.6	Net rating	10.6(better)
54.2	TS%	58.4(better)
52.9	eFG%	55.4(better)
11.4	TOV%	8.7(better)
22.0	OREB%	23.4(better)
0.161	FT rate	0.298(better)
46.0(better)	3PA rate	45.2

Keel projection

How the projections do →

Replayed with a fit on another season: the model had not seen this game.

LAL 33%BOS 67%

Expected margin: BOS by 5.4
Result: BOS by 10: The projection called it.

The projected margin was 4.6 pts from the result. Its largest input: Net rating so far this season, 2.7 pts toward BOS. 3 more inputs are in Pro

Season series

LAL 1, BOS 1

Jan 23Boston Celtics 96, Los Angeles Lakers 117
Mar 8 · this gameLos Angeles Lakers 101, Boston Celtics 111

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