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5 takeaways as Jaylen Brown’s 40-point night leads Celtics over short-handed Lakers

The Boston Celtics took a big lead in the fourth, then held off a garbage-time charge by the Los Angeles Lakers to claim a 121-113 victory.

Here’s what happened.

The big picture

The Celtics leapt out to a big lead immediately, and after Jaylen Brown’s early 3-pointer, the Lakers never got closer than four. The Lakers closed the gap a few times, but the Celtics opened up a double-digit lead after three quarters and blew the game open again in the fourth. The Lakers’ bench destroyed the Celtics’ bench in the closing minutes, and Brad Stevens was forced to put starters back into the game.