{"id":21321,"date":"2017-02-04T06:57:59","date_gmt":"2017-02-04T06:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=21321"},"modified":"2017-02-04T06:57:59","modified_gmt":"2017-02-04T06:57:59","slug":"isaiah-thomas-drops-38-points-surging-celtics-cruise-past-lakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/nba\/isaiah-thomas-drops-38-points-surging-celtics-cruise-past-lakers.html","title":{"rendered":"Isaiah Thomas drops 38 points as surging Celtics cruise past Lakers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Isaiah Thomas drops 38 points as surging Celtics cruise past Lakers<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Isaiah Thomas drops 38 points as surging Celtics cruise past Lakers:-<\/strong> Isaiah Thomas isn\u2019t the only Boston Celtics representative in the NBA All-Star Game anymore.<\/span><\/p>\n

With Toronto\u2019s loss to Orlando earlier Friday night, Brad Stevens was assured his spot as coach of the Eastern Conference and will join Thomas next Sunday in New Orleans.<\/span><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Thomas padded his All-Star credentials by scoring 17 of his 38 points in the fourth quarter as the surging Celtics beat the Los Angeles Lakers 113-107.<\/span><\/p>\n

Boston and Los Angeles began the night with with 3,252 wins, tied for the most in NBA history. Before their loss, the Lakers held at least a share of the league\u2019s all-time victories mark since 2001. The odds of both teams entering Friday\u2019s game with the same win total was 1 in 8,292.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s a unique-enough rivalry that 100 years from now it will probably be tied again,\u201d Stevens said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lou Williams led the Lakers with 21 points. D\u2019Angelo Russell scored 20, Larry Nance Jr. had 18 and Nick Young 17 as Los Angeles (17-36) lost for the fifth time in six games.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe stopped moving the ball. We stopped trusting each other,\u201d coach Luke Walton said. \u201cBecause of it, we don\u2019t make shots, and then our defense gets lazy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Thomas scored seven points in the third as the Celtics broke the game open and led by as many as 16. The Lakers cut it to 82-74 after three but couldn\u2019t get the deficit below six.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThey were all making big shots tonight,\u201d Nance said. \u201cHats off to them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Thomas had a chance to become the first player in Celtics history with three straight 40-point games, but said he wasn\u2019t aware of that until afterward.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t know about it or I would have taken the last shot,\u201d Thomas said.<\/span><\/p>\n

TIP-INS<\/span><\/p>\n

Lakers: F Julius Randle was out after playing sparingly in Thursday’s game at Washington as he recovers from pneumonia. Randle missed two games before logging six minutes against the Wizards. “Coming back from pneumonia, it’s not just a normal sickness,” coach Luke Walton said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Celtics: G Avery Bradley (sore right Achilles) missed his ninth consecutive game. Bradley felt good after working out and doing some on-court work Friday. “We’re still progressing at a conservative rate,” Stevens said. “We want him feeling 110 percent.” … F Kelly Olynyk played after sitting out Wednesday in Toronto with a sore left shoulder.<\/span><\/p>\n

UP NEXT<\/span><\/p>\n

Lakers: Continue a five-game road trip in New York on Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n

Celtics: Host the Clippers on Sunday in Paul Pierce’s last regular-season game in Boston.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/2017\/02\/03\/thomas-scores-38-points-celtics-beat-lakers-113-107\/97476792\/<\/span><\/div>\n

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