Lightning might not strike twice in the same place, but it certainly felt like deja vu all over again for the Lakers on Tuesday night. Standing at the line for huge late-game free throws was Anthony Davis, one of the team’s most reliable free throw shooters over the course of the season.
But in a mirror of the end of the game against Philadelphia, Davis faltered at the line, this time missing a pair of freebies that would have put the Lakers up four points and could have iced the game. The Celtics promptly forced overtime and won the game in the extra sessions to add insult to injury.