Celtics overcome feisty Raptors, win in Toronto 111-101

The Boston Celtics traveled to the Scotiabank Area Tuesday night to tackle the Toronto Raptors. The Celtics misplaced to Toronto on January fifteenth by double digits, however over a month later, managed to beat the feisty Raptors, 111-101.

Derrick White was the fourth quarter hero once more with a number of huge performs down the stretch. He completed the sport with 22 factors, Jaylen Brown led the workforce with 24 factors and Jayson Tatum had 19 factors and 11 assists.

The Boston Celtics trotted out a really weird beginning 5 with Torrey Craig, Tatum, Brown, White, and Sam Hauser. For prosperity and probably the one time in his profession, Jayson Tatum took the opening tip for the street workforce. Jakob Poeltl was absent for the Raps, and the end result was a free-flowing begin to the sport, with loads of quick break factors for each earlier than Joe Mazzulla ultimately known as a timeout up 14-10.

Joe Mazulla’s love affair with double bigs was examined on this sport as he opted for strictly wings for the primary six minutes of the sport. Neemias Queta would ultimately be subbed into the sport for a semblance of inside defensive presence. Hauser relished the prolonged early minutes with 2 rebounds, 1 block, and 4 early factors highlighted by a tip-in over two outstretched Raptors. Queta was then rewarded on the quick break as Jaylen Brown laid down a nifty go to the Portuguese huge man for the highly effective two-handed slam.

With huge males Al Horford and Kristaps Porzingis dominated out previous to the sport, Queta regarded locked in for an enormous night off the bench. Talking of being locked in, Payton Pritchard hit on his first three-pointer of the sport as Boston went up 24-16. Pritchard could be joined by Jordan Walsh and rookie Baylor Scheierman within the lineup as Joe rolled the cube on the experimental rotations. The primary quarter was a busy tempo, with loads of highlights as Boston took a 35 to 24 lead.

Scottie Barnes was tremendous fired as much as tackle the Celtics on this one, taking Queta sturdy to the opening and chirping in Tatum’s face. The Raptors second main scorer poured in six straight factors to begin the second quarter and push Toronto again with 5 factors. Barnes then drove once more on Queta and drew one other foul, which noticed Neemias go to the bench together with his third foul.

Boston would have simply two factors within the first 4 and a half minutes of the second quarter as Toronto reduce the Boston result in only one level. Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum scored on consecutive performs as they broke the scoring drought for the second-placed workforce. Each groups began hitting three-point pictures, Grady Dick hit the Raptors second three-pointer of the sport, then Hauser and White related for the C’s sixth and seventh triples on the night.

The street Celtics lastly began to roll because the second quarter progressed; White hit on one other triple for his twelfth level, and Brown drove and related on a candy mini hook shot. Tatum began to get going, hitting on a pull-up three-pointer, aiding JB for a dunk in the important thing, after which hitting a floater as Boston pulled away by 12 factors to steer 66-54 on the half.

Toronto began the third quarter sturdy, scoring the primary seven factors of the half as Boston struggled to maintain tempo. The Raps obtained the lead again to six factors earlier than Brown stopped the bleeding. With Boston missing in measurement tonight, the workforce would look to everybody to contribute; this was evident on a second-chance weak-side rebound from Pritchard, who then discovered Tatum within the nook to step right into a three-pointer. White had a monster block on Dick. Pritchard would then drive on the bigger-bodied Barnes to promote a head pretend and lay the ball in, as Boston would go up by 12, 76-64.

White had yet one more large block on RJ Barrett because the lanky guard denied the ball with two fingers. Boston then discovered a ready Pritchard, who calmly hit his third three-pointer and fifteenth level of the evening. JD Davison would additionally see time within the third for Boston as Joe Mazzulla gave the stay-ready guys significant minutes in Toronto. Hauser hit on his tenth level of the evening with a three-pointer on the prime of the important thing, after which Pritchard had a last-second triple as time expired within the third quarter, Boston up by its largest lead of the evening with 13, 89-76.

Brown was combating leg points all evening however returned to motion within the fourth hitting on a step-back bucket over Barnes. He then drove on Barnes and related on a financial institution shot in the important thing over a double workforce. The Raptors pesky size was making life tough for Boston as quickly as they introduced the ball over the half manner line. The Celtics turned the ball over a number of instances to begin the fourth and a Agbaji three-pointer noticed Boston’s benefit shrink to simply 8 factors.

White went 4th quarter mode as he scored on consecutive baskets. First, he pulled off a nasty spin transfer that led to a floater after which he hit a deep three-pointer for his nineteenth level of the evening as Boston steadied 102-93. Raptor rookie Jamal Shead drove and scored his sixth level to get it again to seven. Each groups traded baskets to complete it, as Boston would maintain on in opposition to a pesky Raptor workforce.

The Boston Celtics subsequent face the Detroit Pistons tomorrow evening in Detroit on the second evening of a back-to-back.