After blowing out the Celtics three weeks ago, the Toronto Raptors weren’t up for a repeat losing 104-88 as Boston has now found its game joining an already crowded Eastern Conference playoff picture. (By michaelgrange)
have lost three straight. After blowing out the Boston Celtics three weeks ago, the Raptors weren’t up for a repeat.
The Celtics are finding their game after an awful start and all that means is they’re joining an already log-jammed Eastern Conference playoff picture. “It just takes the momentum, it takes the energy [away],” said Raptors point guard Fred VanVleet. “You know we're trying, we're playing hard, but sometimes it doesn't go your way, so there's like the normal turnovers that'll happen, and there's the unforced turnovers, and I just thought we didn't have a great rhythm offensively or defensively all night.
Overall, the Raptors are still trying to find their bearings with Pascal Siakam working himself back into the lineup after off-season shoulder surgery. Siakam remains on a minutes restriction — he played 30 minutes and may be held out of Thursday’s back-to-back in Philadelphia.
The Celtics were without Jaylen Brown, their leading scorer so far, but scanning through their key players — Jayson Tatum, Marcus Smart and Al Horford — all came into the game shooting well below their career averages. As a team, the Celtics were shooting just 33.2 per cent from three, 20th in the league.
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