Though the Boston Celtics beat the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday, they would lose in disappointing fashion to the Lakers on Thursday night, 117-96. As the Celtics have been slumping compared to the success last season when they won the championship,

One night later, Boston players all but shrugged their shoulders after falling to the Lakers 117-96 on the second leg of a back-to-back. Kristaps Porziņģis, who has been critical of the Celtics after their worst games recently, sounded ready to dump the latest poor result into the nearest trash can and forget about it for good.

The Boston Celtics surprisingly suffered a 13-point loss on Wednesday night against the Toronto Raptors, who rank last in the Atlantic Division, and

Kristaps Porzingis remained in a bright spot in the ugliest loss of the year for the Celtics, a 117-96 drubbing on Thursday night against the Lakers. The

Kristaps Porzingis was a bright spot in the one of the Celtics’ ugliest losses of the season. The big man had 22 points and seven rebounds in Boston’s 117-96 loss to the Lakers on Thursday night. While the Celtics have been up and down for about a month,