Celtics DOMINATE Luka Doncic, Lakers | Payton Pritchard, Jaylen Brown score 62

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🗓️ 23 February 2026

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Boston Celtics blow past the Los Angeles Lakers as Payton Pritchard explodes for 30 points off the bench and stamps his legend status—are we witnessing a new sixth man star in the making? John Karalis of Celtics On SI dissects Pritchard's dynamic offensive evolution, clutch fourth-quarter shotmaking, and the confidence powering his breakout. Baylor Scheierman's underrated defense against Luka Dončić draws praise, while Jaylen Brown posts a quiet 32—could this combo propel Boston to a championship run? Key talking points include the Celtics’ suffocating defensive strategy limiting Luka Dončić to just 3 assists, the strategic choices between big men Neemias Queta and Nikola Vucevic, and why the team’s lack of a traditional "maestro" point guard hurts them sometimes. Karalis weighs in on Derrick White's hustle, player grades, and critical moments that could shape Boston’s playoff destiny. Don’t miss this in-depth analysis of the surging Celtics.

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0:00.6	Now on the Lockdown Celtics podcast, Peyton Pritcher does it again.
0:05.3	And Baylor Shireman, the underrated player in a blowout of the Lakers.
0:15.1	Hey, welcome back to the Lockdown Celtics podcast right here in the Lockdown Podcast.
0:18.5	Network where it is your team every day.
0:21.3	Your team's the Boston Celtics. And I talk about that Monday through Friday plus bonus podcast on the weekend
0:25.8	throughout the week who knows when a bonus podcast might drop that means you got to be subscribed
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0:34.7	will be dropping make sure that you are sharing the podcast would love to have you do that and get into the comment section. If you're new to the show, let me introduce myself. I'm John Corrales, Beat writer for for Celtics on SI. And I've been doing this show for 10 years and I've written a couple of books about the team. I almost said my old that way.
0:55.1	I'm with Celtics on the sign now.
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1:10.9	Boston Celtics getting the 111-89 win over the Los Angeles Lakers.
1:16.6	Later on, I'll talk about the bigs, Vucin Keda, Jalen Brown.
1:20.9	The defense, I'll save that for the second segment because the defense was really,
1:25.3	really good.
1:26.7	But I've got to start with Peyton Pritchard's night.
1:28.8	Peyton Pritchard was awesome.
1:30.1	Again, I wrote last week on Celtics on SI, the back door that Peyton Pritchard has to becoming a Celtics legend.
1:43.6	And here was off the bench, again, 30 points on 10 of 14 shooting,
1:49.0	six of nine from three, four of four from the line.
1:53.5	He also had eight assists, a plus 21, a game high plus 21,
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