Celtics hand Raptors first loss of restart in potential playoff preview. JLew1050 has more:
TORONTO – In their 25-year history, there are only four Eastern Conference teams that the Toronto Raptors haven’t faced in the playoffs.
In a potential second-round series preview, the Celtics handed Toronto its first loss of the restart – and first since March 1 – with a convincing wire-to-wire 122-100 win. By the second quarter they were unrecognizable. The ball wasn’t moving, they weren’t in sync and eventually they stopped defending at the level we’re accustomed to seeing from them.
There was little on the line for the Raptors, who need just one more win – or Celtics loss – to clinch second place in the Eastern Conference. They could have done it on Friday and it would have been fitting, coming against the team that’s been chasing them. But barring disaster, they know exactly where they’re going to finish. They also don’t have much left to prove until the playoffs begin on Aug. 17.
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