Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics

2nd Atlantic
 | 45-23
  • Field Goal %
    46.1 FG%
  • 3-point %
    36.6 3P%
  • Points Scored
    114 PPG
  • Total Rebounds
    45.8 RPG
  • The Canadian Press

    Raptors play the Celtics on 7-game win streak

    Boston Celtics (45-23, third in the Eastern Conference) vs. Toronto Raptors (49-18, second in the Eastern Conference)Lake Buena Vista, Florida; Friday, 9 p.m. EDTBOTTOM LINE: Toronto will attempt to continue its seven-game win streak with a victory against Boston.The Raptors have gone 8-4 against division opponents. Toronto is 47-10 in games when scoring 100 or more points.The Celtics are 8-6 against the rest of the division. Boston is third in the Eastern Conference scoring 113.6 points per game and is shooting 46.1%.The Raptors won the last matchup between these two teams 113-97 on Dec. 28. Kyle Lowry scored 30 points to help lead Toronto to the victory.TOP PERFORMERS: Pascal Siakam is shooting 45.6% and averaging 23.3 points. Lowry is averaging 20.8 points and 7.2 assists over the last 10 games for Toronto.Marcus Smart is second on the Celtics averaging 4.7 assists while scoring 13.2 points per game. Jayson Tatum is averaging 21.2 points and six rebounds while shooting 38.2% over the last 10 games for Boston.LAST 10 GAMES: Raptors: 7-3, averaging 109.7 points, 43.3 rebounds, 22.6 assists, 8.1 steals and 3.5 blocks per game while shooting 43.5% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 106.6 points on 43.0% shooting.Celtics: 4-6, averaging 114.9 points, 45.4 rebounds, 20.8 assists, 8.9 steals and 5.9 blocks per game while shooting 44.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 113.1 points on 45.5% shooting.INJURIES: Raptors: Oshae Brissett: out (knee), Patrick McCaw: out (knee).Celtics: Kemba Walker: out (rest).___The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.The Associated Press

  • NBA.com

    GAME RECAP: Celtics 149, Nets 115

    Jaylen Brown posts 21 points and grabs 4 rebounds as Boston gets a blowout win against Brooklyn.

  • Williams, Brown leads Celtics to 149-115 rout of Nets
    The Canadian Press

    Williams, Brown leads Celtics to 149-115 rout of Nets

    LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Jaylen Brown scored 21 points, Robert Williams had a career-high 18 points in 19 minutes, and the Boston Celtics rolled past the Brooklyn Nets 149-115 on Wednesday night without All-Star point guard Kemba Walker.Williams was 7 of 7 from the field and 4 of 4 from the free throw line. He hadn't played in Boston's first three games of the restart, but didn't let himself get discouraged.“It’s really just the will to want to play,” said Williams, the 27th overall pick in the 2018 draft. “I want to bring the right energy. I think a lot of the young guys brought great energy. That is my job.”Williams said he gained confidence when teammates encouraged him to keep shooting.Still, Williams said, he needs to work on his conditioning.“I should have been contesting more shots,” he said.Celtics coach Brad Stevens said it probably wasn't fair to play Williams as much as he did, but was impressed with what he saw.Stevens said he didn't tell Williams he was going to play “until he was walking on the bus.” That's when he told the forward he would be checking into the game early on against the Nets.Brown hit five 3-pointers after averaging 23.3 points his previous three games in Orlando. He finished 7 of 13 from the field.Jayson Tatum added 19 points and Gordon Hayward scored 18 for the Celtics, who posted a season high in points and improved to 2-2 at Disney World.Boston shot 20 of 39 from 3-point range.The Celtics bolted to a fast start, scoring 71 points in the first half on 8-of-17 shooting from 3-point range and never let up. They led by as many as 21 before the break while Walker rested his sore knee.Jeremiah Martin scored 20 points and Joe Harris had 14 for the Nets.Caris LeVert was held to 13 points, after scoring a career-high 51 in an overtime victory over the Celtics in March just before the suspension of the season because of the coronavirus pandemic.But the Nets, a day after knocking off NBA-leading Milwaukee, were never competitive in this one.Harris said the Nets didn't play the “right way.”He pointed toward too many turnovers, a lack of defence and not enough ball movement.“Against a team that is more talented you are going to end up losing the way we did,” Harris said. “... It’s the ebbs and flow of the NBA and you have to take the good with the bad."The third-place Celtics (45-23) are 4 1/2 games behind second-seeded Toronto and two games ahead of Miami. The Nets (32-36) remain in seventh place in the East and will have to wait for another day to clinch a playoff spot.TIP-INSNets: Shot 8 of 32 from 3-point range.Celtics: All 14 Celtics that played scored.BRING THE DStevens praised the defensive effort of Romeo Langford.“He’s a good worker and one of our more solid defenders and that will give him a chance to play, especially with the way we played the first couple of weeks," Stevens said.UP NEXTNets: Play Kings on Friday.Celtics: Play Raptors on Friday.___More AP NBA: https://apnews.com/NBA and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsThe Associated Press