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Lakers' 20-point comeback falls short in overtime loss to Celtics

The Lakers and their stars were at their best, the Eastern Conference favorite firing their best shots at LeBron James, Anthony Davis and Russell Westbrook and only landing glancing blows. It happened seven games, in Milwaukee, on a night when the Lakers cooked up such a great performance that anything sort of felt possible. The pieces were there. The possibility existed. The Lakers were ...
The Boston Celtics' Grant Williams looks on as the Los Angeles Lakers' Thomas Bryant struggles to get a shot off during first-half action at Crypto.Com Arena on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022, in Los Angeles.

The Lakers and their stars were at their best, the Eastern Conference favorite firing their best shots at LeBron James, Anthony Davis and Russell Westbrook and only landing glancing blows.

It happened seven games, in Milwaukee, on a night when the Lakers cooked up such a great performance that anything sort of felt possible.

The pieces were there. The possibility existed. The Lakers were figuring it out if things could go just right.

But here, back in Los Angeles, on Tuesday night, their performance against the, was a reminder that the NBA doesn't quite work that way.

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