The Celtics, playing in their new City Connect uniforms for the first time this season, came away with a (126-123) overtime win over the Toronto Raptors Saturday night at TD Garden. Jayson Tatum drilled the game-winning 3-pointer at the buzzer. The Celtics improve to 12-3 with the win. Toronto, playing for the 2nd straight night, dropped its 7th in a row and falls to 2-12. ----- Plenty of Scoring: The Celtics had 6 players in Double-Figures. Jaylen Brown scored 27. Jayston Tatum scored 24, including the game-winner. Al Horford and Derrick Whtie both finished with 18 apiece. Sam Hauser hit 3 3's and scored a season-high 14 coming off the bench. ----- #'s to Digest- The 1st meeting of the season between the Raptors and Celtics featured 27 lead changes. The Raptors ended up scoring 76 Points in the Paint. Celtics are now 2-1 in overtime games with both wins at home. -----
The Celtics, playing in their new City Connect uniforms for the first time this season, came away with a (126-123) overtime win over the Toronto Raptors Saturday night at TD Garden. Jayson Tatum drilled the game-winning 3-pointer at the buzzer. The Celtics improve to 12-3 with the win. Toronto, playing for the 2nd straight night, dropped its 7th in a row and falls to 2-12.
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Plenty of Scoring: The Celtics had 6 players in Double-Figures. Jaylen Brown scored 27. Jayston Tatum scored 24, including the game-winner. Al Horford and Derrick Whtie both finished with 18 apiece. Sam Hauser hit 3 3's and scored a season-high 14 coming off the bench.
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#'s to Digest- The 1st meeting of the season between the Raptors and Celtics featured 27 lead changes. The Raptors ended up scoring 76 Points in the Paint. Celtics are now 2-1 in overtime games with both wins at home.
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1st Half Nuggets: The Celtics led by 10 in the 1st Quarter but had just a 2-point lead after the quarter came to an end. Boston led by 2 at the Half. Boston's led at the half in 9 of its 1st 14 games of the season. Jayson Tatum scored 13 of his 16 1st-Half points in the 1st Quarter. The Celtics were 8-for-27 on 3's in the 1st Half and 11-for-18 inside the 3-Point line.
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What's Next?: The Celtics are off Sunday and Monday and host the Cleveland Cavaliers on Tuesday night at TD Garden. Cavaliers play the Charlotte Hornets Sunday night and would be 15-0 coming to Boston with a victory against the Hornets. Boston is in a stretch of playing 5 of 7 at home.
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