While we head to the Homestretch of the NBA season, Lakers-Celtics is once again one of the renowned games of the leagueWith the rivals facing Saturday evening (8:30 p.m., ABC).
The defending champion Boston Celtics is the second seeded from the Eastern Conference at 45-18 despite the players and out of the alignment, with Kristaps Porziņģis and Jruide Holiday missing the last games with injury, although Holidays are back against Lakers. But in the typical manner of the Celtics, they obtained an increase in the bench from the local Talent Payton Pritchard, and the superstar tandem of Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown always make things happen.
Yahoo Sports Senior Journalist Vincent Goodwill takes stock of What is the difficulty of the Celtic quest to repeat.
There is a reason – not the biggest, but a factor – the NBA has not had a repeated champion since the Stephen Curry -Kevin during Golden State Warriors in 2017-2018. It is the longest of this type of the NBA since the late 1970s, just before the start of the Magic Johnson-Larry Bird Decade of Dominance.
“We have to hunt again. We want to win another championship, and we have to hunt again, “Kristaps Porziņģis said last week in Detroit. “But you know, the season is long.”
Speaking of superstars, you may have heard of Los Angeles Lakers acquires Luka Doncic Before the deadline for trade. The eight consecutive and nine games won with Dončić in alignment and has been 12-2 since obtaining the Slovenian superstar.
LeBron James, 40, continues to cross the father's time, with an average of 25.1 points, 8.5 assists and 8.1 rebounds while firing at 51.8% of the soil and 39.1% of the 3-point range while the 40-21 Lakers reached the head of series n ° 2 in the west.
Lakers are still long enough for Win everything at Betmgm at +1000With the Celtics and Oklahoma City Thunder listed as co-favorites at +225, but would it surprise anyone to see the in the final?
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The only thing I'm going to tell you about the Lakers and their coach: they know what they will live with, they know what they are ready to abandon and this counts in the spring.
– Steve Jones Jr. (@ stevejones20) March 9, 2025
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Kristaps Porzingis Out against Lakers
Difficult news for Celtics. Lakers are also missing their own Jaxson Hayes departure center with a right knee bruise, while the departure striker Rui Hachimura also remains extinguished.
Despite what he said on Instagram, Kristaps Porzingis was released tonight against the Lakers.
Jrue Holiday and Sam Hauser are in
– John King 🇬🇷 (@john_karalis) March 9, 2025
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