Jaylen Brown scored 32 points with eight rebounds and seven assists, Payton Pritchard added 30 points with eight assists, and the visiting Boston Celtics continued their February run with a 111-89 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday.
Derrick White scored 12 points with eight assists as the Celtics’ defense held the Lakers to 39.1% from the floor, which improved to 8-1 since Jan. 30.
Boston shot 48.2% as it opened a 2-0 four-game road trip against Western Conference teams.
Neemias Queta had 10 points and 12 rebounds for the Celtics.
Luka Doncic scored 25 points, and LeBron James added 20 for the Lakers, who lost for the third time in five games.
Austin Reaves had 15 points as the Los Angeles star trio fell to 8-4 when all three were on the court this season.
James, the NBA’s all-time points leader, surpassed the 43,000-point mark in his record 23rd season.
