NBA Postpones Thursday's Games, Including Celtics-Raptors Game 1; Playoffs May Resume Friday
Game 1 of the Celtics-Raptors playoff series has been put on hold.
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Game 1 of the Celtics-Raptors playoff series has been put on hold.
The Celtics and Raptors are supposed to tip off their second-round playoff series Thursday night in Orlando. That may not happen, as the two teams have discussed a potential boycott in light of the Jacob Blake shooting.
Raptors point guard Kyle Lowry is considered day-to-day after suffering a sprained ankle in Toronto's Game 4 clincher over the Nets on Sunday, head coach Nick Nurse revealed Tuesday.
The Celtics are going to have to flirt with perfection every night in the second round if they want to beat the defending champion Raptors.
After sweeping the 76ers in the first round, the Celtics will now have a tough matchup against the defending champion Toronto Raptors.
Jaylen Brown scored 20 points, Jayson Tatum added 18 and the Boston Celtics never trailed on the way to an emphatic 122-100 win over the Toronto Raptors on Friday night.
The Toronto Raptors beat Boston 113-97 on Saturday night, snapping the Celtics' five-game winning streak.
Jaylen Brown scored 30 points, Kemba Walker had 22 and the Boston Celtics beat the Toronto Raptors 118-102 Wednesday in the first Christmas Day NBA game played in Canada.
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Kyrie Irving hit a foul-line fadeaway to give Boston the lead, then hit a 31-foot 3-pointer to finish with 27 points and lead the Celtics past the NBA-leading Toronto Raptors 117-108 on Wednesday night.
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DeMar DeRozan scored a career-high 43 points and the Toronto Raptors rallied from a 17-point deficit to beat the Boston Celtics 107-97 on Friday night.
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