FINAL SCORE: Lakers 129, Celtics 128
IN BRIEF: With the Super Bowl champs in the house -- and The Big Ticket, too -- it was only fitting we got an ending like this. Kyrie Irving's floater banked in with 11 seconds to go to give the Celtics a 128-127 lead. With no timeouts left, the Lakers pushed upcourt, and after Al Horford stuffed Brandon Ingram trying to go up-and-under, Rajon Rondo came up with the loose ball and kissed the glass just before the buzzer to deliver an absolute stunner before a hostile TD Garden crowd. BOX SCORE
CELTICS RECORD: 35-20, T-2nd in Atlantic Division
TATUM SAVES, TERRY WITHDRAWS
HAYWARD GETS LIFTOFF
JAYLEN GETS BOUNCE
RONDO BEATS THE BUZZER IN THE 3RD
THEIS THROWS IT DOWN
TATUM SAVES IT, ROZIER KNOCKS IT DOWN
RONDO FOR THE WIN
CHAMPS IN THE HOUSE!
. . . AND KG, TOO
UP NEXT
SATURDAY: vs. LA Clippers, 8 p.m. (NBC Sports Boston)
TUESDAY: at Philadelphia, 8 p.m. (TNT)
WEDNESDAY: vs. Detroit, 7:30 p.m. (NBC Sports Boston)
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