Overview
- Tipoff is 3:30 p.m. ET in Boston with regional TV on NBC Sports Boston and FDSN SoCal and streaming available on Fubo.
- Probable Celtics starters: Payton Pritchard, Derrick White, Jaylen Brown, Josh Minott, Neemias Queta; probable Clippers starters: James Harden, Kris Dunn, Nic Batum, Derrick Jones Jr., Ivica Zubac.
- Injury reports list Jayson Tatum (Achilles) out for Boston and Kawhi Leonard (ankle) plus Bradley Beal (hip) out for Los Angeles.
- Boston enters at 6-7 and 11th in the East, while Los Angeles is 4-8 and 11th in the West after each won its most recent game.
- Recent form favors Boston with four wins in the past five meetings, and pregame metrics show slight Celtic edges in scoring and rebounding.