In a time of need, Kyle Lowry rose up to help the Raptors exact revenge over the Celtics. (by loung_s)
The Raptors hadn’t won in Boston since Dec. 9, 2016, when the likes of DeMar DeRozan, Jonas Valanciunas and Cory Joseph were still on the team. Additionally, this improves the Raptors to 6-10 against teams with records .500 or above and 2-6 against the top-six teams in the Eastern Conference.
A major reason for this disparity was Celtics backup centre Enes Kanter, who finished with 11 rebounds and chipped in 12 points as he appeared to bully his Raptors counterpart, Chris Boucher. The Canadian was greatly overmatched by the superior strength and offensive guile in the post that Kanter possesses.
As usual, since Marc Gasol was forced out of the lineup, Serge Ibaka started Saturday, but with 8:16 left to go in the first quarter, Ibaka was subbed out earlier than he normally would’ve to get Boucher into the game. This was a deliberate call by Nurse because about four minutes later, Kanter checked in and Nurse then was able to sub Ibaka in at the same time as him.
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