Boston Celtics

Welcome to the Garden

By Gary Dzen

1 minute to read

Welcome to the Garden, where the streaking (not the good kind) Celtics (12-32) take on the L.A. Lakers (27-18) at 7:30 p.m.

The Celtics have lost twelve games in a row and can tie the franchise record for consecutive losses with a loss tonight against the Lakers. L.A. has lost three straight and six of 10. Kobe Bryant missed last night’s game against the Knicks while serving a one-game suspension for “striking” San Antonio’s Manu Ginobili in the face on Sunday.

The Celtics split last year’s season series with the Lakers, with the Celtics taking the first matchup in L.A. in February and the Lakers returning the favor in Boston the next month.

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Leon Powe is the only Celtics player warming up on the court right now. There are usually four or five Celtics players from a list of Al Jefferson, Kendrick Perkins, Rajon Rondo, Gerald Green, and Allan Ray warming up by this time.

  • Al Jefferson had 15 points and 17 rebounds against Indiana Tuesday night. The effort was his 20th double-double of the season, ranking him 13th among all NBA players in that category.
  • The Tufts-New England Medical Center will dedicate the Paul Pierce Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery on Thursday. Pierce has been a supporter of the hospital since he underwent a surgical procedure there in 2000. At that time, Pierce pledged $250,000 to the center.

    The locker rooms have just opened. We’ll be back soon with comments from the players and coaches.

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