TORONTO — Gradey Dick led all scorers with 27 points as the Toronto Raptors beat the NBA champion Boston Celtics 119-118 on Tuesday in pre-season action.
Scottie Barnes nearly had a triple-double with 26 points, 10 assists and nine rebounds for Toronto . Jakob Poeltl had a double-double with 15 points and 16 rebounds and Ochai Agbaji added 16 points.
Jayson Tatum had 24 points, eight rebounds and six assists for Boston . Derrick White scored 23 points and Jaylen Brown added 19. Raptors rookie guard Jamal Shead left the game in the second quarter with hamstring tightness and did not return. He was one of eight players who came off Toronto's bench as head coach Darko Rajakovic continues to work his team into shape before the home opener against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Oct. 23.Celtics: Boston's bench beat Toronto 115-111 on Sunday with head coach Joe Mazzulla resting all of his biggest stars.
Raptors: Rajakovic said pre-game that he wanted to see his team make better decisions from three-point range. Toronto built a 19-point lead in the first quarter on 71.4 per cent shooting from beyond the arc, scoring 30 points on threes alone to the Celtics' 27 overall points. But then the Raptors fell behind in the second when none of their eight three-point attempts went in. Toronto went 15 for 43 on its three-point attempts.
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