Boston (22-33) at LA Lakers (28-27) 7:30 pm EST

LOS ANGELES (Ticker) -- A struggling team away from home for much of the season, the Boston Celtics can finish a four-game road trip with no worse than a split after facing the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday.

The Celtics went into the All-Star break with a 4-20 road mark, among the worst in the NBA. But after splitting their first two games of the swing with a win at Utah and a loss at Phoenix, they gave themselves a chance at a winning record on the trek with Friday's 102-96 victory at Portland.

Paul Pierce continued his phenomenal play with 37 points and Wally Szczerbiak chipped in 25 for Boston, which saw rookie Ryan Gomes record 13 points and 17 rebounds in his sixth straight start.

Pierce, who shot 14-of-25 from the floor and recorded seven rebounds and seven assists, has scored at least 30 points in seven of his last eight games. He is averaging 32.9 points in 10 games this month.

That number is even better than the February output of fellow All-Star Kobe Bryant, who is averaging 31.1 points this month after a 39-point effort in the Lakers' 102-83 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on Friday.

Bryant needed 29 shots to reach that mark and the Lakers shot 36 percent (28-of-77) from the floor.

Los Angeles has won the last three meetings here against the Celtics and four of the last five overall.