By GREG MENGELT

BOSTON — Romeo Langford and the Boston Celtics pulled away from the visiting Los Angeles Lakers for a 130-108 triumph Friday at the TD Center in Boston.

Former New Albany Bulldog and Indiana Mr. Basketball Romeo Langford scored two points in 22 minutes off the Celtics bench. Langford was 0-for-4 from the floor. He made a pair of free throws with 10:32 to go in the contest. That put Boston up 99-89.

Five different Celtics scored at least 15 points, led by a big night from Jayson Tatum, who scored 37 points to raise his scoring average to 24.2 per game. He also had 11 boards and three steals to lead the team.

Marcus Smart finished with 22, Denis Schroder had 21, Al Horford contributed 18 and Jason Richardson contributed 15 points off the Boston bench.

The Celtics trailed by 14 points in the first quarter and turned that into a 25-point lead in the fourth. A 61-60 halftime deficit turned into a 74-65 lead in the third quarter following a 14-4 Boston run. After falling behind early, the Celtics outscored the Lakers 112-76.

The Celtics out-rebounded Los Angeles 51-33 and made half of their field goal attempts (44 of 88).

As usual, Anthony Davis and LeBron James led the way for the Lakers. Davis finished with 31 points, six rebounds and three blocked shots, while James had 23 points, six rebounds, a pair of assists and a pair of steals. The loss dropped the Lakers below .500 at 8-9.

Romeo and the Celtics (8-8) host Oklahoma City tonight at 7:30 p.m. It’s the second of four straight home games for Boston.