Last night, Phil Jackson tried to pass his all-time coaching wins list, but it did not happen in the game against the Celtics. Phil Jackson stayed tied with Auerbach, seventh in the NBA history with 938 career wins.

The Celtics finished their Western road trip with a win over the Lakers 110-91. Boston enhanced to a best NBA-record 26-3. They have won eight straight games on the road. Boston is currently 12-2 away from TD Banknorth Garden and is 8-0 against the Western Conference.

Boston’s scorers were Paul Pierce with 33 points, Kevin Garnett with 22 points and 12 board, and Ray Allen with 19 points. For the Lakers; Kobe Bryant scored 22 points but he was 0 for 6 on 3-pointers and was only 6 of 25 from the floor.

In the opening quarter Boston swooped on the Lakers, bounding the LA team to 38.1 percent field goal shooting (8-21). None of the starters for Boston scored fewer than 5 points in the quarter. Moreover, there was some premature petulance by both squads with technicals. Lakers Bryant and Ariza got the punishment, and Garnett and Kendrick for Boston.

While Boston led 45-36 the game turned more physical; Garnett was slashed on top of the right eye. A mad Garnett with blood flowing down his face showed the cut to the refs and retired to the locker room. During that time the Celtics went scoreless for 4 minutes until Eddie House’s jumper put Boston ahead, 47-38.

The rest of the game was a continue battle but the Lakers’ deficiency was the key success for an aggressive Boston defense. The Celtics with 10:49 left in the last quarter, was leading, 86-66. With 9:36 left to play, Bynum fouled out and a 3-pointer by House pressed Boston up, 93-68. With that happing some of the deceptions’ Lakers fans started to leave the Staple Center. Boston was already claiming the victory 110-91 in the scoreboard.

Celtics’ Coach Rivers was delighted his team as it was the fourth win in five nights. “I think the atmosphere played in our favor. The key for us early was getting off to good start. We talked about that before the game. There is no way we could have played from behind tonight, playing a fourth game in five nights. Going out, getting the quick start and getting that lead was big for us,” he said.

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Lebron was a natural talent in football. He scored 19 touchdowns in six games in his first year of Pee Wee football, when he only was a fourth-grader. However, in spite of his success, he started to miss school on regular basis. His coach, Mr. Walker, noticed it and offered his mother the opportunity to give LeBron a more stable living environment. It ended up with LeBron moving with his coach’s family.

It showed to be an excellent solution for LeBron as he learned discipline, family life and immediately this showed off very positively in his school reports. Mr. Walker also had a great impact on LeBron’s basketball. The Walker family also helped LeBron return to his mother’s home whenever he so desired. Besides that, LeBron had made some new friends and soon they were a terrific team on the basketball court.

Why did Mr. Walker offer LeBron a more stable living environment? His mother, Gloria James, was only 16 years when she gave birth to LeBron on December 30, 1984 in Akron, Ohio. His father had no interest at all in taking care of his newborn baby. The father left the small family without taking any responsibility. Life was hard for the young mother and she raised LeBron totally on her own, as her own mother passed away when LeBron was still an infant.

Gloria James tried to work wherever she was offered a job, but usually the jobs did not last long and her only solution was to move from one job to another. The young mother and her son kept their residence mostly in Akron, south of Cleveland, but had many different apartments. Although they faced hard living, Gloria James succeeded in keeping her little son away from the violence on the streets. At a very early age she gave him a ball and it would occupy him for hours every day. The little boy showed unlimited interest in playing with the ball.

School life was not very easy for LeBron. He was ashamed of his poor living and he was shy and introverted. He did not have many friends and he also had a hard time studying. But when it came to sports, there were not many who could beat him, as he became an outstanding athlete. When he played basketball he was thoughtful of his teammates as he did not keep the basketball just to himself, but distributed it to his teammates. In addition, he was excellent at taking the ball to the hole as he had a natural quickness and strength.

Niklasson is the associated editor to the website Lebron James a website dedicated to NBA basketball player Lebron James.