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    Bill Plaschke: Lakers' painful loss to Celtics proved it's actually worth adding help now

    LOS ANGELES — This should have been a column about a stirring comeback, against an ancient rival, fans leaping from their seats, a season teeming with hope. Yet these are the Lakers, so it is not. This should have been a celebration of a miracle Tuesday night in downtown Los Angeles, a 45-12 run against the hated Boston Celtics that erased a 20-point deficit and filled Crypto.com Arena with ...
    by Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times Dec 14, 2022 4 minutes
    Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum drives past Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James and center Anthony Davis during second half action at Crypto.Com Arena in Los Angeles, on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022.

    LOS ANGELES — This should have been a column about a stirring comeback, against an ancient rival, fans leaping from their seats, a season teeming with hope.

    Yet these are the Lakers, so it is not.

    This should have been a celebration of a miracle Tuesday night in downtown Los Angeles, a 45-12 run against the hated Boston Celtics that erased a 20-point deficit and filled Crypto.com Arena with generations of howls.

    Yet these are the short-handed, mismatched, makeshift Lakers, so it is not.

    This is, instead, a column about an inspirational comeback ruined by a late collapse, the Lakers blowing their own 13-point lead by being outscored 17-4

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