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Boston Celtics beat Toronto Raptors 98-93 for fifth straight win after trailing by 22 as Jayson Tatum scores 24
Boston erased a 22-point second-quarter deficit, and Jayson Tatum's free throws with 25.2 seconds left gave the Celtics the lead for good in Toronto.
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Jayson Tatum made the tying and go-ahead free throws with 25.2 seconds left, and the Boston Celtics came back from 22 points down to beat the Toronto Raptors 98-93 at Scotiabank Arena on Wednesday, November 11. Boston won its fifth straight game and improved to 10-2. Toronto fell to 5-6, its first time under .500 this season.
Tatum finished with 24 points, 8 assists and 7 rebounds, though he shot 6-of-21 and 2-of-11 from three. He made 10 of 12 free throws. Derrick White added 19 points, 7 assists and 4 blocks, Payton Pritchard scored 14 off the bench, and Neemias Queta had 11 points, 13 rebounds and 3 blocks. Boston played without Paul George, who sat out with an illness a night after scoring 36 in his return to Philadelphia.
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Toronto’s hot start
The Raptors scored 38 points in the first quarter, with Ja’Kobe Walter hitting four threes in the period, and led 38-29 after one. A 21-5 run in the second quarter, led by Immanuel Quickley in his return from a sore right hamstring, pushed the lead to 59-37 on Jamal Shead’s free throw with 5:24 left before halftime.
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Boston’s 16-0 run
The Celtics answered with 16 straight points, and Tatum scored 11 of them. He hit a three, made two free throws, dunked and then hit another three and the free throw that came with a flagrant foul. Baylor Scheierman’s three and a White jumper cut it to 59-53, and Toronto led 61-54 at halftime.
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Boston kept going in the third quarter. White and Scheierman scored Boston’s first 10 points of the half, and Jordan Walsh’s layup with 7:09 left gave Boston its first lead since the first quarter, 66-65. Rookie Allen Graves, who scored a career-high 13, hit two threes late in the quarter, and Alijah Martin’s three put Toronto back up 80-75 after three.
The finish
Walter’s three gave the Raptors an 89-83 lead with 5:13 left, but they scored only four more points. Tatum’s 12-footer with 1:55 left put Boston ahead 90-89. RJ Barrett answered with a floater and a dunk for a 93-90 Toronto lead, and Queta dunked a Tatum pass to make it 93-92 with 54.1 seconds left. Tatum was fouled with 25.2 seconds left and made both free throws for a 94-93 lead, and Queta and Sam Hauser each made two more free throws in the final 15 seconds.
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Around the box
Walter led Toronto with 17 points and made 5 of 10 threes. Barrett had 12 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists, Martin made 4 of 5 threes for 12 points, and Jamison Battle scored 12. Quickley scored 11 on 3-of-14 shooting. The Raptors were without Kawhi Leonard (knee), Scottie Barnes (groin), Nate Bittle (foot) and Trayce Jackson-Davis (illness). Boston won the second half 44-32, held Toronto to 13 points in the fourth quarter and blocked 10 shots. Attendance was 19,800.
What’s next
The Raptors visit the Philadelphia 76ers on Thursday, November 12, at 7 p.m. ET (2 a.m. Friday Cairo time). The Celtics are off until Sunday, November 15, when they host the Dallas Mavericks at 6 p.m. ET (1 a.m. Monday Cairo time).
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