Overview
- Tip-off is 7:00 p.m. ET at TD Garden with exclusive national streaming on Amazon Prime Video.
- Sportsbooks list Boston around -6.5 with totals near 225.5, and SportsLine’s model projects about 234 points and leans to the Over.
- The Lakers are 16-5 after Thursday’s 123-120 win in Toronto decided by Rui Hachimura’s buzzer-beater, with Austin Reaves scoring 44 points.
- Los Angeles ruled out Dončić (personal) and Smart (lumbar strain) and listed James doubtful with right sciatica and left foot arthritis after his eight-point outing in Toronto.
- Boston is 13-9 with three straight wins; Jayson Tatum remains out, Jaylen Brown is available, and probable starters include Payton Pritchard, Derrick White, Brown, Jordan Walsh and Neemias Queta against Austin Reaves, Gabe Vincent, Rui Hachimura, Jake LaRavia and Deandre Ayton.