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2023-24 NBA Regular Season
Boston Celtics v Los Angeles Clippers
TD Garden
Boston, Massachusetts
Sunday 28 January 2024
Tip-off at 02:00 CAT
Boston Celtics will be looking to maintain the best record in the
NBA this season when Los Angeles Clippers visit the TD Garden on the morning of Sunday, January 28.
The Celtics lead the Eastern Conference by 3.5 games ahead of Milwaukee Bucks after losing just 10 times in the opening three months of the 2023-24 campaign.
Joe Mazzulla's team have won their last two match-ups against the Clippers and routed them 145-108 as recently as December 23 during a six-game winning streak.
The Atlantic Division franchise made it two wins on the spin when they beat Dallas Mavericks 119-110 on January 23 which saw All-Star pair Jayson Tatum (39) and Jaylen Brown (34) combine for 73 points.
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Mazzulla praised his players for putting in a shift against the Mavs after they had also beaten Houston Rockets on the road one day previous.
"I just told our guys in the locker room, there's only one time where I saw the schedule catch up to us," Mazzulla said.
"I forgot it was a back-to-back just watching our guys compete. I couldn't tell. It's a credit to them."
LA are looking to cement their place in the playoffs and they're just 1.5 games behind Denver Nuggets (3rd) and Oklahoma City Thunder (2nd) in the Western Conference with a record of 27-14.
Tyronn Lue's team came off five days' rest to oust Brooklyn Nets 125-114 on January 21 as they overcome an 18-point deficit to close out the game with a 22-0 run.
James Harden scored 24 points, while Kawhi Leonard added 21 - 14 of which came in the final five minutes.
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Harden admitted the crowd played their part as the Clippers roared back in the fourth quarter, outscoring the Nets 39-10.
"They (Brooklyn) came out and punched us in the mouth and in that fourth quarter we played Clipper basketball, got some stops and the rest is history," the shooting guard said.
"It was like a party. The energy was on hundred. That right there is home-court advantage."
Boston Celtics v Los Angeles Clippers - Head-to-head, Regular Season
Games played: 139
Celtics wins: 93
Clippers wins: 46
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