Up next for Lakers: Thursday at Boston

By Mike Bresnahan

Feb. 9, 2012 12 AM PT

When: 5 PDT.

Where: TD Garden.

On the air: TV: TNT; Radio: 710, 1330.

Records: Lakers 14-11, Celtics 14-10.

Record vs. Celtics (2010-11): 1-1.

Update: After a dreadful start, the Celtics have won five consecutive games and nine of their last 10. They are averaging only 90.8 points, 25th in the NBA, but giving up 86.5 points a game, best in the league. The Celtics haven’t been dominant at home, going a pedestrian 10-6, including losses to Phoenix and Cleveland.

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Mike Bresnahan

Mike Bresnahan previously covered the Lakers for the Los Angeles Times. He started the beat in 2004, a month after Shaquille O’Neal was traded, and covered several seasons of mediocrity before the Lakers won back-to-back championships in 2009 and 2010. Now they’re back to mediocrity. Bresnahan is from Los Angeles, started with The Times after graduating the University of Wisconsin in 1994, and has also covered the L.A. Kings, pro beach volleyball and numerous colleges and high schools. He left The Times in 2016.

Up next for Lakers: Thursday at Boston

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