The Los Angeles Clippers and Los Angeles Lakers are playing their first game of four for this regular season. Last year the Lakers finally broke the stranglehol

LOS ANGELES — The Celtics will be without three rotation players on Wednesday night as they face off against a shorthanded Clippers squad at the Intuit Dome.

Boston will need to be vigilant that old habits vs. banged-up and lesser ball clubs don't make a winnable game into a struggle -- or worse, a loss.