Celtics Raptors
The boston celtics have covered the spread in four of the last six meetings versus toronto.
Celtics raptors. 2 seed in the east with a win. The celtics and raptors will face off for the first time in postseason history on thursday kicking off what will be the most anticipated second round matchup of the nba playoffs. The boston celtics and the toronto raptors became the first teams to punch their.
The c s split its other two games with the raptors. The celtics and raptors have met three times this season including boston s 122 100 trouncing of toronto on aug. Boston celtics forward jayson tatum 0 drives the ball against toronto raptors forward pascal siakam 43 in the second quarter at td garden.
By gary washburn globe staff updated august 24 2020 35 minutes ago look for both the raptors fred vanvleet and. We will have a multi part scouting report on the series in the coming days but here are some initial pressing questions about the matchup after reviewing film of the. 7 2020 in lake buena vista fla.
The celtics first win of the 2019 20 season was an inspiring effort as the celtics outscored toronto by 12 in the fourth quarter for a comeback victory in their home opener. Pascal siakam 33 points kyle lowry 29 points what we learned. Boston celtics jayson tatum right goes up for a shot against toronto raptors kyle lowry during the first half of an nba basketball game friday aug.
Jayson tatum 25 points jaylen brown 25 points kemba walker 22 points raptors. The raptors can clinch the no. The raptors have been playing very well recently but boston has won two of the three meetings between these two teams this season.
The celtics can trim their magic number for the third seed to one with a win. 7 during the seeding round. A grizzlies loss would give them one more in conference.
