TORONTO — — Jaylen Brown scored 30 factors, Derrick White scored 14 of his 27 within the first quarter and the Boston Celtics beat Toronto 121-113 on Sunday, holding on late after blowing a 23-point lead within the second half.
Payton Pritchard scored 15 factors and Anfernee Simons had 12 because the Celtics gained their fifth straight and seventh of eight. Neemias Queta added 11 factors and 11 rebounds.
Brandon Ingram scored 30 factors and Scottie Barnes had 18 factors and 11 rebounds however Toronto misplaced its third straight, all at house. The Raptors hadn’t misplaced back-to-back house video games this season earlier than Friday’s loss to Charlotte.
Boston led 87-64 after Pritchard’s 3-pointer about 3 1/2 minutes into the third quarter. Toronto answered by outscoring the Celtics 34-10 over the following 10 minutes, taking its first lead of the sport on Jamal Shead’s layup with 10:39 remaining within the sport.
The Celtics hadn’t trailed for the reason that first half of Tuesday’s house win over the Knicks. Boston posted wire-to-wire wins at Washington on Thursday and at house to the Lakers on Friday.
Towards Toronto, back-to-back 3s by White and Pritchard turned a three-point deficit right into a three-point Boston lead with 7:15 left, and the Celtics didn’t path once more.
After making a season-high 24 3-pointers in Friday’s house win over the Lakers, Boston linked on 20 of 47 photographs from lengthy vary towards the Raptors.
The Celtics completed with two fewer made 3-pointer than Toronto had makes an attempt. The Raptors shot 9 for 22 from deep.
Toronto has misplaced 5 of six heading into Tuesday’s NBA Cup quarterfinal matchup towards New York.
Sandro Mamukelashvili scored 14 factors for the Raptors. Ochai Agbaji and Immanuel Quickley every had 11 factors, whereas Jakob Poeltl and AJ Lawson each had 10.
Boston outscored Toronto 17-4 in second-chance factors.
Celtics: At Milwaukee on Thursday.
Raptors: Host New York on Tuesday within the NBA Cup quarterfinals.
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