Los Angeles Lakers vs Boston Celtics Full Game Highlights 2nd Qtr P2 | Dec 5 | 2025 NBA Highlights

Los Angeles Lakers vs Boston Celtics Full Game Highlights 2nd Qtr P2 | Dec 5 | 2025 NBA Highlights

threes, a lot of long rebounds, and this is a Lakers group that hasn’t played a ton together, so requires a lot of communication to go and chase some of those long rebounds down. Here’s the thing, though. They haven’t been paying off their offensive rebounds. They’ve seemed to miss most of them other than the one that Hower hit early or late in the first quarter, I should say. 22 Boston three-point attempts. Vincent drifting left, shooting right up to get it right around the rim. The car belongs to Kada. It’s a tough shot there from Vincent on the move to his left. Boston looking for their 14th win of the year. Brown underneath, switches to the left hand, but can’t finish. Some nice defense there from DeAndre Aiden. Didn’t take the bait enough to foul. Just contested vertically. So many alters that he has to his name this year, Mike. It’s not just blocks. Get those alterations down there. It works. Boy, he’s found a home here in Boston. Shyman right back to Derek Lakers Reeves and Hayes will come in in a moment hang in the air that’s going to be off the iron taken by Ruie. So the Lakers who’ve been getting run out of the building the last couple of games look to push they they leave him for an instant and he makes him pay knocking it down. Yes sir. Hatimuru doesn’t need much space to get that jump shot. Quick release over the top and Laker’s making a little push here. Well, he’s already got six field goal attempts. Does Ruie tonight’s top scorer has just eight settles in? Yeah, Brown is really increased his number of mid-range attempts this year and he’s been shooting very well. He’s got more than Demar De Rozan. He has more attempts than the king of the mid-range, Demar De Rozan Hachimura, who last year led the NBA by a wide margin, and now he’s in second in that category. White underneath. Score it. So, a moment ago, we had nobody in the game in double digits this late, but now both Brown and White have 11 points. Coming up on the twominute mark. Leaning in and drawing that whistle was Gabe Vincent. And Tyler Ford’s going to call that. Yeah. On the ground before the shot. Tyler Ford, Sean Corbin, Matt effort on the glass. Some I want to mention, Billy from eight so far, right? So nine rebounds overall%. You know, this is a good barometer. This these these few games right here, Michael, because you know the Lakers are only five and four against teams 500 or better. They take care of business against the lower echelon. They are 11 and1 500 and below but just five and four against the quote better teams this year. They could fall to five and five with a loss here tonight. They’ll hit another team over 500 on Sunday. White, they’re down to the last second on the shot clock and they knock it down with Walsh right at the buzzer. You know, the the mitigating factor of that the deal against 500 teams is that the Lakers are very leaves gets crushed there going to the rim. He’ll get free throws. Is that after 21 last season, you know, they didn’t get redot until January to early March when they really played good basketball. I think they went 20 and four during that stretch. Yeah. And and I think that’s the other when you look at things like net rate that is because of the personnel that hasn’t been available and that kind of over that understates the wins that they actually have that like this team so far has been playing to win games and it’s working. Uh but they’re not coming in and running up the score with the second unit and therefore you’re going to have a discrepancy between wins and net rating so far in the season. And there’s no other way to put it. They’ve been off to a great start. All you Laker fans know that. A lot of optimism. Brown. Back and forth he goes. Jax goes up to get it and he gets fouled. A good D, good rebound and an ill-advised foul from the Celtics there. That’s free points as Stu would say with no time off the clock provided that Jackson can hit these free throws. Boston’s biggest lead 29. It’s been basically wire to wire. Lakers have not led in this game at all. They’ve just been struggling to get shots to fall. I mean, at the end of the day, right, 30% from the field, five of 17 from three, only 14 points in the paint in the first half for the Lake Shell. And what Boston has been doing well during their streak here and and it would have been six games in a row, they kind of blew a game late against Minnesota, but their defensive ball pressure has been really good. And when that’s where you especially miss Luca Donuch and LeBron James and so far the Lakers haven’t had, you know, that level of secondary creation once they put the trap or the attention on Oz Reeves. Jackson makes a free throw. Now at the other end, by the way, Jackson has shot the the ball very well from the charity stripe over the last eight games. Look out. That’s a check. Ad Theo just kind of tossed Brown to the side there, which the position there to Jaylen Brown. So you like to see the rookie battling for the spot on the perimeter. And just over a minute if they can get a stop at a score. They’re still down huge 25 right now. Pritchard over the top. Finds Brown who lets it go for three. Up over and out. It’ll be Laker basketball. When you said up and over, I I was just watching a do and he moves so easily. He he it looked like he was continuing to go up. Then the ball went over, but he I mean I don’t know Billy that looked like about a 50inch vertical. Well, if you ever look at his look at his highlights, watch him from, you know, he he he transferred schools, obviously played in a couple of different places, but just crazy highlights. And then, of course, hurt his knee. We didn’t see him in the summer. Reeves, he had a man going up in front of him. Now it’s Oh, Vincent all the way. The scoop of the finger roll with the left hand. Aggressive dribble drive again like you called last night in Toronto. Now all of a sudden it’s uh it’s part of his game. Brown. Shot clock is nine ahead of the game clock. Pritchard quickly kicking it into the corner and they’ve got yet another three. So they’re going to end most likely this first half with 13 made threes. Yeah, 25 attempts and and that’s certainly a big difference in the game. A good initial defense from the Lakers, but took advantage with the corner kick. Reeds with four with three and he gets fouled which means he’ll march to the line. Failed out a little bit there and he’ll get three free throws. Looking over in Missoula’s direction there and kind of like a what I do. Well, you reach in and hit his arm when he was going up to shoot. Oh, I’m looking at you. Just give me a 67 right there. I did not. I Yeah, you did. You went like this. I know. Nobody can see. You’re still You’re still on the 67. No, I’m not. But it was so obvious. Clearly, you’re still on the obvious what you were doing. No, that’s a negative Ghost Rider. So, Reeves gets the first free throw to fall here, Billy. 69- 44. So, hitting double digits is Austin Reeves. Third 40point game of the season the other night. And again, his previous two this year were both on backto-backs. That’s interesting when he had 51 at Sacramento and 41 the next night against Portland. Now, I was trying to step into the void when the Lakers need him the most. And look, despite his early struggles struggles, uh, still up to 12 points here. He’s just gotten to the free throw line when the field goals weren’t following. Oh, that’s a horrible pass, Hayes from midcourt. But that’ll do it for the half. Final thoughts for this half, Michael. Well, Lakers have a lot of work to do. Looked a little tired in that first half. unable to create the kind of open looks that

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Los Angeles Lakers vs Boston Celtics Full Game Highlights 2nd Qtr P2 | Dec 5 | 2025 NBA Highlights