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One of the Celtics' biggest foes for the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference was dealt a giant blow on Monday.
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One of the Celtics' biggest foes for the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference was dealt a giant blow on Monday.
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.
With the NBA season more than half over, Eastern Conference teams prepare for the playoffs or the draft.
While DeMar DeRozan will get most of the headlines for his 41-point performance in the Raptors 114-106 victory, a more concerning Celtic problem resurfaced again in the defeat: Boston's inability to keep teams off the offensive glass.
DeMar DeRozan scored a season-high 41 points, Kyle Lowry had 24 and the Toronto Raptors ended the Boston Celtics' four-game winning streak with a 114-106 victory on Tuesday night.
The Celtics can pull even with the Raptors with a win in Toronto, but they'll have to actually play some defense in order to do so.
The Celtics will be without guard Avery Bradley for Tuesday's key matchup against the Raptors in Toronto.
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Kyle Lowry scored 21 of his season-high 34 points in the second half to help the Toronto Raptors hold on for a 101-94 victory over the Boston Celtics on Friday night.
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The Celtics won their third game in four nights, holding off a Raptors charge and escaping with a 91-79 victory Wednesday night.
With the loss Friday night to the Toronto Raptors, the Celtics have dropped four consecutive games.
The Toronto Raptors, hoping to continue a building process that produced a division title last season, signed free agent forward DeMarre Carroll in the offseason.
In just his second game with the Boston Celtics, Amir Johnson is already gearing up to face his former team.
Isaiah Thomas provided the Boston Celtics with a huge spark off the bench as soon as he arrived from Phoenix at the trade deadline, but it wasn't enough to take home the NBA's Sixth Man of the Year award.
The Boston Celtics beat the Toronto Raptors 117-116 in overtime Saturday.
In basketball, turnovers come in many forms: bad passes, offensive fouls, traveling violations Wednesday night at the TD Garden, fans witnessed the Celtics make all of those miscues.
Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge called in to Toucher & Rich Thursday morning.
Toronto snagged a 110-107 victory despite a triple double from Rajon Rondo.
Jerryd Bayless led the Celtics in scoring with 20 points, 14 coming in the fourth quarter.
For the first time in seven seasons, the Celtics won't be getting a true taste of the postseason. But over the next few days, Brad Stevens and his young players will get a sample of what a playoff series might feel like.
It's going to take a lot more than stitches to keep Rajon Rondo out of a game.
