Overview
- Payton Pritchard scored 28 points with eight assists and Jaylen Brown posted 25 points, eight rebounds and seven assists as Boston shot 54% and made 14 three-pointers.
- Toronto’s three-game run ended as the Raptors played without Brandon Ingram (thumb), Scottie Barnes (knee) and Jakob Poeltl (back).
- The Raptors’ depth kept them in it, with RJ Barrett and Ja’Kobe Walter scoring 19 apiece and Immanuel Quickley adding 17 points and 13 assists.
- Boston ballooned a third-quarter lead to 20 before Toronto cut it to six in the fourth, and the Celtics closed with a decisive late surge.
- Barrett left in the final minutes with a left ankle issue and did not return, creating a new concern for Toronto’s short-term rotation.