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James Worthy is not the only one who was thrilled that the Lakers "got that Celtic ass" on Wedneday night when Los Angeles beat Boston 112-104. The mood in the Lakers' locker room after the win was also noticeably upbeat after the team ended 2015 with a win.
D'Angelo Russell played well for the Lakers, scoring or assisting on the Lakers' first 9 points of the second quarter during one hot stretch and finishing with a stat stuffing outing of 16 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal, and 1 block in the victory. Even though Lakers head coach Byron Scott told Mark Medina of the L.A. Daily News before the game that the 19-year old point guard had "no clue what [the Lakers-Celtics] rivalry is all about," Russell knew enough to be exuberant about the result of the game. He worked off some of that energy by taking over teammate Julius Randle's postgame interview to do his best Forrest Gump impression (that is somehow a real thing and not a bizarre typo):
LMAO, D'Angelo had something to say to Randle during his interview with @LakersReporter. pic.twitter.com/0NlgYXdE4Z
— Donald Green. (@TheDonaldGeeNBA) December 31, 2015
Never one to let his teammates be the only ones to get weird, Nick Young had an interesting theory on how the Lakers could win more games like tonight:
@NickSwagyPYoung is on one @WORLDSTARC0MEDY @WORLDSTAR @TWCSportsNet @Lakers pic.twitter.com/GfHHaBxHkf
— Johnny (@JohnnyCashJr) December 31, 2015
Then he proceeded to give shout-outs to a few more people, including himself (of course):
@TWCSportsNet @Lakers @NickSwagyPYoung @WORLDSTARC0MEDY @HoopMixOnly @Jeezy @LilTunechi pic.twitter.com/P6uqyvpd8c
— Johnny (@JohnnyCashJr) December 31, 2015
I guess to paraphrase Forrest Gump and D'Angelo Russell: "postgame locker rooms are like a box of chocolates. You never know what you are going to get."