*The C’s are in search of back-to-back wins for the first time in over a month.
*The Celtics are set to be 7-point favorites over the Lakers, which would be tied for the largest spread in favor of the Celtics this season (December 3 vs. Milwaukee: 7 points).
*The only NBA team to currently have a longer road losing streak than the Los Angeles Lakers is the Celtics.
*At the end of Friday’s game, the Lakers will officially have their worst 40-game start since 1993-94 (14-26 that season).
–The only other 2 worse 40-game starts in their franchise history (1957-58: 9-31 start … 1959-60: 13-27 start) were in Minneapolis.
*Pressey’s 10-assist, 0-turnover game was the 10th such performance this season in the league, and the Celtics are the only team with multiple ones.
*Phil Pressey’s stat line of 0 points, 10 assists and 0 turnovers is the first of that kind since Dennis Johnson on November 8, 1989 (0 points, 11 assists and 0 turnovers that night on the road against the Washington Bullets).
*Wednesday’s victory was the Celtics’ first this season when scoring fewer than 90 points.
–It was also the Celtics’ best rebounding differential for a home game this season (last time they had a better one at the Garden: April 11, 2012).
*Before Jared Sullinger, only 2 players had games with 25 points and 20 rebounds this season (LaMarcus Aldridge twice and Nikola Vucevic).
–The Vucevic 25-20 performance came in one Magic game before Orlando hosted the Celtics.
*For the first time in Avery Bradley’s career, he has scored at least 20 points in 3 straight games.
–On Wednesday, Bradley also tied his regular-season career-high for free throws attempted in a game.
*Avery Bradley’ plus/minus of +10 was his best plus/minus game since +40 on December 8 at Madison Square Garden.
*This is Nick Young’s first missed game this season.
*The Lakers are 2-24 when trailing at the end of the 3rd quarter this season.
–They 10-1 when leading or tied at end of the 3rd quarter this season.
–Only San Antonio has fewer losses when leading after the 3rd quarter this season.
*The Celtics have had at least 15 offensive rebounds in each of their last 3 games, which is just 1 game off the longest streak in the league this season.
–The last time the C’s had 4 consecutive games with at least 15 offensive rebounds: 1999
*The Celtics have at least 10 offensive rebounds in 9 consecutive games for the first time since 2009 (10 straight games from December 10 to 30, 2009).
–It is also the longest current streak in the NBA.
*The Celtics have yet to beat a team from either the Southwest Division (0-6) or the Pacific Division (0-3) this season.
*Recent Meetings: Celtics vs. Lakers
–The Celtics took the last meeting the Garden after losing the last 4 regular-season games in which they hosted the Lakers.
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