00:00Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics met for the first time since Silica Doncic joined the Purple and Gold franchise.
00:10The Lakers and Celtics are both No. 2 seeds of each conference.
00:14That's why a lot of people believe that this could be a preview of the NBA Finals this year.
00:21And if these two teams compete for the title, it looks like the Celtics will win back-to-back championships.
00:29The Boston Celtics dominated the game 1-1, 111-101,
00:35led by Jason Tatum who scored 40 points, 12 rebounds, and 8 assists.
00:40Unfortunately, LeBron James didn't finish the game
00:44because he missed the playing court in the last 6 minutes of the 4th quarter due to an injury.
00:50This is where the Lakers' 8th game winning streak ends
00:54and they also fell to the No. 3 spot of the Western Conference.
00:58The defending champions were able to get their 4th consecutive win.
