The Los Angeles Lakers are gearing up for an exciting matchup against the Boston Celtics in what promises to be a star-studded affair. This Eastern-Western Conf

It's unclear whether the team was dealing with the aftereffects of the Clippers game, or simply regressing back to bad habits that have plagued it over the past month, but the Celtics did not put up much of a fight against the Lakers.

The Lakers are in fairly good health, and could sneak up on an unwary Boston still processing a near loss vs. the Clips.

Boston narrowly avoided defeat just down the road in Inglewood on Wednesday, scraping by the shorthanded Clippers in overtime behind some hot 3-point shooting in the extra period — including a crucial late triple from little-used reserve Jaden Springer with 34 seconds to play.