BOSTON (AP) — Jayson Tatum scored a three-pointer on the buzzer in extra time and the Boston Celtics rallied to beat the Toronto Raptors 126-123 on Saturday night time. Tatum completed with 24 factors and 11 rebounds. Jaylen Brown added 27 factors.
BOSTON (AP) — Jayson Tatum scored a three-pointer on the buzzer in extra time and the Boston Celtics rallied to beat the Toronto Raptors 126-123 on Saturday night time.
Tatum completed with 24 factors and 11 rebounds. Jaylen Brown added 27 factors. Al Horford and Derrick White scored 18 factors every.
Toronto has misplaced seven straight and didn’t document its first highway win of the season regardless of a career-high 35 factors from Jakob Poeltl, who completed 16 of 19 from the sphere with 12 rebounds. RJ Barrett added 25 factors and 10 rebounds.
With the sport tied at 112 in regulation, Barrett related on a runner within the lane and was fouled by Brown with 59 seconds remaining. However Barrett missed his ensuing free throw.
Boston’s Neemias Queta, who began rather than Jrue Vacation (left knee tendinopathy), scored a layup on Boston’s subsequent possession.
Takeaways
Raptors: The Raptors entered with Scottie Barnes (orbital fracture) and Bruce Brown (proper knee) recovering. They prevented one other huge harm. Bruno Fernando was helped off the court docket within the second quarter after touchdown awkwardly on a teammate’s foot whereas grabbing a rebound. However he was capable of come again.
Celtics: The Celtics improved to 11-3 and prevented dropping for the third time at TD Backyard this season.
Key second
With the sport tied at 123, Toronto received a coach’s problem on an out-of-bounds name that had initially been awarded to Boston. However Barrett noticed his layup try blocked by Queta, giving the ball again to the Celtics with 20.2 seconds left.
Key statistic
The Raptors outscored the Celtics 76-42 within the paint. Boston gave up 68 factors to Atlanta in its NBA Cup loss to the Hawks earlier this week.
To be continued
The Raptors host the Indiana Pacers on Monday. The Celtics resume the NBA Cup on Tuesday towards the Cleveland Cavaliers.
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Kyle Hightower, Related Press
