James reaches 43,000 points! The all-time leader! Lakers lose to the Celtics, their center exited the game due to injury

Today, the Lakers played the Celtics at home in a yellow-green battle. The Celtics' starting lineup was White, Smart, Brown, Hauser, and Kuta. The Lakers started with Doncic, Smart, Reeves, James, and Ayton.

At the beginning, James scored 4 straight points and contributed a fast-break dunk.

Ayton scored on a putback, and Reeves' first shot was a mid-range jumper

Doncic scored 5 points in a row

Not defending early? James could only smile and accept a mid-range jumper

Both teams exchanged accurate shots, tied at 15, leading to the first timeout. After Reeves' turnover allowed Brown to dunk, James assisted Hayes for a dunk response.

LaRavia led a fast-break, tying the score at 19. Neither team has attempted a free throw yet, playing at a fast pace

James went to rest, Doncic was finally fouled but missed both free throws. No worries though, he immediately hit a three-pointer, Kennard followed with one too, forcing a Celtics timeout.

The opponents scored 7 straight points to take the lead, Lakers made a careless mistake

With 0.9 seconds left, Reeves drew a foul on a three-point attempt and made all three free throws

At the end of the first quarter, Lakers 28-28 Celtics, James with 6 points and 1 assist, Doncic 8 points, 1 rebound, 2 assists, Reeves 5 points, Ayton 2 points and 4 rebounds, LaRavia 2 points and 2 rebounds, Hayes 2 points and 1 rebound, Kennard 3 points.

In the second quarter, the opponents hit a three-pointer first, Lakers missed three consecutive threes, Ayton scored on a floater

Vanderbilt hit a three, assisted by LeBron

Vanderbilt got faked out and fell, the opponent hit a three-pointer, with a suspected push foul

Smart was slightly injured, but the referee gave Brown two free throws. Reeves and Smart both complained and received technical fouls

Lakers trailing 33-38, timeout called. Doncic ended the scoring drought with a floater, Brown continued with free throws, Doncic made one of two, then hit a three but complained about no foul call, leading to an opponent fast break

Doncic made both free throws, followed by a spin floater, scoring consecutively

After White hit a three, timeout was called. Brown made 3 of 4 free throws. James' layup was ruled as interference, no points awarded by the referees.

Reeves hit a three to steady the situation

James blocked Brown's shot!

Hachimura finally made a three, but the Celtics answered with a half-court buzzer-beater three-pointer.

Halftime score: Lakers 50-60 Celtics. James had 6 points, 1 rebound, 4 assists, 1 steal, 1 block; Doncic 18 points, 2 assists; Reeves 9 points, 2 rebounds; Ayton 4 points, 5 rebounds; Hachimura 3 points; Kennard 3 points, 2 rebounds; LaRavia 2 points, 2 rebounds; Vanderbilt 3 points, 5 rebounds; Hayes 2 points, 1 rebound.

During halftime, James watched the unveiling ceremony of Pat Riley's statue.

Hayes left the game midway due to a right ankle injury. In the third quarter, the opponents scored a three-pointer first, James responded with one of his own

Opponents scored two points, Doncic hit a three, James scored under the basket. There was another missed call on an obvious interference, the referee didn't whistle, and Doncic even pointed it out to the official.

Lakers trailing 58-69, timeout called. On this play, James scored his 13th point of the game, reaching a career total of 43,000 points, a new milestone.

Doncic scored on a floater, James completed a 2+1 play!

LeBron rested, Celtics scored 7 straight points. When James returned, LaRavia threw down a dunk

Lakers entered the fourth quarter trailing 71-84. In the final quarter, Reeves drew an offensive foul and scored two points

James scored under the basket, marking Reeves' first assist of the game

Hachimura scored inside, Lakers cut the deficit to 9 points, timeout called. Opponents scored 4 straight points, Prichard is having a great game today.

Smart missed consecutive three-pointers, forcing James to take matters into his own hands.

James went to rest, and Prichard exploded, finishing with 30 points, 4 rebounds, and 8 assists. With 3 minutes 22 seconds left, Lakers down by 20, they put in the full bench. No chance to come back.

Final score: Lakers 89-111 Celtics. James with 20 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals, 1 block; Doncic 25 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists; Reeves 15 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals; Ayton 4 points, 7 rebounds; LaRavia 4 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists; Kennard 9 points, 3 rebounds; Hachimura 5 points, 2 rebounds; Vanderbilt 3 points, 5 rebounds; Hayes 2 points, 1 rebound; Bafkin 2 points; Smart 1 rebound, 4 assists.

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