*The Celtics are 0-10 on the road against Western Conference opponents this season.
–The last 15 times that the Celtics have gone to a Western Conference building, they have fallen.
–The last time the green won a road game against a Western Conference opponent: February 25, 2013 against the Utah Jazz: a 110-107 overtime victory on the second night of a back-to-back.
*Rondo’s 22 field goal attempts on Wednesday were his most since Game 7 of the 2012 Eastern Conference Finals (last time in regular season: February 15, 2012).
–For only the 3rd time in Rondo’s regular-season career, he posted 22 field goal attempts.
–He had a season-high 5 free throw attempts after not attempting any in the previous 4 games.
–He tied his season-best plus/minus with +16 on Wednesday.
–He also had a line of 18 points, 10 assists and 7 rebounds for first time in more than a year.
*Gerald Wallace had his 5th game this season with at least 4 steals on Wednesday (he has just 5 games this season when he scored more than 10 points).
–All 5 of those 4-steal games have come when Wallace has scored fewer than 10 points.
–Only Ricky Rubio (7) and Wallace (5) have at least 4 different games of at least 4 steals and fewer than 10 points this season.
–No player in the NBA had more than 4 of those types of games in 2012-13.
*The last time the Celtics won on the first night of a back-to-back was November 29 against the Cavaliers (8 straight losses for C’s on first night of back-to-backs).
–Now a member of the Lakers, MarShon Brooks played in that Cavaliers game on November 29.
*The Celtics have won 2 of their last 3 games on the second night of back-to-backs since starting the season 2-9 in those situations.
–All 4 of the Celtics’ wins on the second night of back-to-backs this season have come on the road, 3 of which were against current playoff teams in the Eastern Conference. Unfortunately, 2 of those 3 squads would be far back in the playoff race in the Western Conference.
*Recent Meetings: Celtics vs. Lakers
–The Celtics have lost 5 of their last 6 meetings with the Lakers
*For Saturday: the Kings have played just one game in the last 9 days.
*For Monday: Utah is 16-9 with the Trey Burke/Gordon Hayward/Richard Jefferson/Marvin Williams/Derrick Favors starting lineup (3-25 otherwise).
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