JAYSON Tatum scored 44 points and Jaylen Brown added 25 points and 15 rebounds as the visiting Boston Celtics ended a rare losing skid with a 122-118 overtime victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila).
Marcus Smart scored 18 points and Derrick White had 10 as the Celtics rebounded after losing their previous two games. Boston was upended by the Golden State Warriors and Los Angeles Clippers, while losing consecutive games for just the second time this season.
The Celtics improved their NBA-best record to 22-7 and went 4-2 on a six-game road trip, which matches a season high.
Anthony Davis scored 37 points and grabbed 12 rebounds and LeBron James tallied 33 points, nine rebounds and nine assists as the Lakers lost for the fourth time in their last five games. Los Angeles lost in its return home after going 3-3 on a season-long six-game trip to the East Coast.
Russell Westbrook scored 20 points and snared 14 rebounds for the Lakers, who trailed by 20 points in the third quarter. Los Angeles turned it around with an 18-0 run to surge ahead 106-93, but Boston closed regulation on a 17-4 tear to force overtime.
In other games, it was the Sixers 123. Kings 103; Bucks 128, Warriors 111; Rockets 111, Suns 97; and Jazz 121, Pelicans 100.
Sixers 123, Kings 103
Joel Embiid scored 31 points and James Harden added 21 points, 15 assists, seven rebounds and five steals as host Philadelphia defeated Sacramento.
Tobias Harris contributed 21 points, nine assists and seven rebounds. Matisse Thybulle added 15 points, Shake Milton scored 14 and Georges Niang had 12 for the Sixers, who won their third in a row. Domantas Sabonis led the Kings with 22 points and 10 rebounds, Malik Monk added 16 points and De’Aaron Fox had 13 in his return from right foot soreness.
