The Boston Celtics head into the All-Star break with plenty of momentum as they earned their fourth straight victory Thursday night vs. the Toronto Raptors.
Jayson Tatum was the star with 27 points and 12 rebounds, but it was a great all-around effort by the C's offensively. Eight Celtics scored in double figures, and the second unit stepped up in a big way.
Grant Williams finished with 17 points on 7-of-9 shooting (3-of-4 from 3), Robert Williams had 10 points and seven boards, and Jeff Teague came through with 14 points including a clutch floater late in the fourth quarter. Payton Pritchard also had a nice night contributing 10 points and four assists.
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For the Raptors, Norman Powell led the way with 25 points and Kyle Lowry made his mark as a distributor with a whopping 19 assists.
Here are the highlights from Boston's win:
FINAL SCORE: Celtics 132, Raptors 125
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CELTICS' RECORD: 19-17
HIGHLIGHTS
Daniel Theis hits the tough fall-away, and-one:
Time Lord with the rejection:
Pritchard from deep:
Grant Williams drills a three of his own:
Time Lord getting it done on both sides of the court:
Tatum does his best Time Lord impression:
Tatum from downtown:
C's show off the ball movement:
Tatum with the moves:
Teague comes through with the clutch floater:
UP NEXT:
Thursday, March 11 at 7:30 p.m. ET: at Brooklyn Nets