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On Monday, Jayson Tatum scored a double-double to lead the Boston Celtics to a 105-96 victory over the Toronto Raptors.Tatum had 19 points, 14 rebounds, and 6 assists in the end.In a 22-point outburst, Derrick White fired 5-for-11 from three-point range, helping Boston (31-9) shoot 41% from beyond the arc.
Mississauga, Ontario’s RJ Barrett led Toronto (15-25) in losses as he scored 24 points and grabbed nine rebounds.After a six-game road trip, the Raptors came home with 21 points and six rebounds from Immanuel Quickley and 17 points and seven rebounds from Pascal Siakam.With this game, Siakam surpassed Chris Bosh for the fifth-most in team history with his 510th game for Toronto.
At the end of the first quarter, Barrett made a layup and Scottie Barnes sank a six-foot jump jumper to cut Boston’s advantage to 29-25. At the end of the first quarter, Barrett and Celtics guard Jrue Holiday had scored the most points between them.
Toronto took its first lead of the game with a 9-0 run that spanned the first and second quarters. With more than eight minutes remaining in the half, White made back-to-back three-pointers to give Boston the lead after the two teams traded leads.
With 26 seconds remaining in the half, Quickley made a 25-foot three-pointer to give the Celtics a 61-55 advantage heading into halftime.
The Raptors’ 13-2 run early in the third quarter was capped by Barnes, who whirled past Tatum in the paint to lay it in for a 73-66 advantage. With two decisive dunks from Tatum and two free throws from Kristaps Porzingis, Boston stormed back.In the last three minutes of the third quarter, Tatum put Boston on his shoulders. He scored four points and dished out two assists, helping the Celtics go on an 11-0 run that left them ahead 84-75 at the end of the quarter.
BROWN OUT: Jaylen Brown, a small forward for the Celtics, was left out of Boston’s starting lineup for the match. Brown was sidelined due to a painful knee and received treatment earlier in the day, according to head coach Joe Mazzulla. In a game, Brown averages 23.4 points, 5.2 rebounds, and 3.5 assists.
FANS SUPPORT— The NBA penalized Raptors head coach Darko Rajakovic US$25,000 after he chastised officials after his team’s January 9 loss to the Lakers in Los Angeles, 132-131. Toronto supporters adored his reaction, even though it cost him. Rajakovic, who doesn’t use social media, claimed that even after the Raptors got home from their six-game road trip, he was not aware of the love from the fans.Before the game, he declared, “I was in the office and at home, and I did not see any of the fans.” “I’m gonna always try to protect our players and our organization and let’s just leave it at that.”
UP NEXT: On Wednesday, Toronto will host the Miami Heat.On Wednesday, Boston will host the lowly San Antonio Spurs.The Canadian Press originally released this article on January 15, 2024.
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