Game ID: 22300563
Boston Celtics @ Toronto Raptors
Monday, January 15, 2024 at 7:30 PM ET
Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, ON
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
TOR 25 30 20 21 96BOS 29 32 23 21 105
BOS @ TOR ScoutingBOS @ TOR Scouting
Welcome to the scouting desk. The coffee is cold, the film is play-by-play, and somebody has to explain what happened.
Every game has a hinge — a stretch where it was decided, usually while everyone was watching something else. Start where the evidence lives: the Lineups' face-offs say which five actually won their minutes; the Possessions ledger says who ran ahead of the night's own pace; the Shot Chart says where the points really came from, which is rarely where the highlights were. When all three agree, that is the story. When they don't — that is why this desk has a chair.
TOR availability going into 1/07 · 1 day's restOUT Dick missed 5 since 12/29, out tonight
OUT Freeman-Liberty missed 33 since 10/28, out tonight
OUT Young missed 2 since 1/03, returns tonight: 4 min (24% of 15)
OUT Porter Jr. missed 3 since 1/01, out tonight
OUT Temple missed 10 since 12/18, returns tonight: 4 min (35% of 11)
BACK Porter back 1/03 after 5, 10 min since (75% of 14)
BACK McDaniels back 1/05 after 2, 7 min since (68% of 11)
TOR availability going into 1/09 · 1 day's restOUT Dick missed 6 since 12/29, out tonight
OUT Freeman-Liberty missed 34 since 10/28, out tonight
OUT Porter Jr. missed 4 since 1/01, out tonight
BACK Young back 1/07 after 2, 4 min since (24% of 15)
BACK Porter back 1/03 after 5, 11 min since (78% of 14)
BACK McDaniels back 1/05 after 2, 6 min since (51% of 11)
BACK Temple back 1/07 after 10, 4 min since (35% of 11)
NEW Poeltl 26 to 32 min over the last 5
TOR availability going into 1/10 · back-to-backOUT Dick missed 7 since 12/29, out tonight
OUT Freeman-Liberty missed 35 since 10/28, out tonight
OUT Porter Jr. missed 5 since 1/01, out tonight
BACK Young back 1/07 after 2, 16 min since (107% of 15)
BACK Porter back 1/03 after 5, 11 min since (77% of 14)
BACK McDaniels back 1/05 after 2, 6 min since (51% of 11)
BACK Temple back 1/07 after 10, 4 min since (35% of 11)
TOR availability going into 1/12 · 1 day's restOUT Poeltl missed 2 since 1/09, out tonight
OUT Dick missed 8 since 12/29, returns tonight: 12 min (58% of 21)
OUT Freeman-Liberty missed 36 since 10/28, out tonight
OUT Porter Jr. missed 6 since 1/01, out tonight
BACK Young back 1/07 after 2, 19 min since (123% of 15)
BACK Porter back 1/03 after 5, 12 min since (88% of 14)
BACK McDaniels back 1/05 after 2, 8 min since (75% of 11)
BACK Temple back 1/07 after 10, 6 min since (57% of 11)
TOR availability going into 1/15 · 2 days' restOUT Poeltl missed 3 since 1/09, out tonight
OUT Freeman-Liberty missed 37 since 10/28, out tonight
OUT Porter Jr. missed 7 since 1/01, out tonight
BACK Dick back 1/12 after 8, 12 min since (58% of 21)
BACK Young back 1/07 after 2, 17 min since (112% of 15)
BACK McDaniels back 1/05 after 2, 8 min since (73% of 11)
BACK Temple back 1/07 after 10, 7 min since (61% of 11)
TOR availability going into 1/17 · 1 day's restOUT Poeltl missed 4 since 1/09, out tonight
OUT Freeman-Liberty missed 38 since 10/28, returns tonight: 2 min (13% of 18)
OUT Porter Jr. missed 8 since 1/01, out tonight
BACK Dick back 1/12 after 8, 12 min since (58% of 21)
BACK Young back 1/07 after 2, 17 min since (111% of 15)
BACK Temple back 1/07 after 10, 7 min since (61% of 11)
TOR availability going into 1/18 · back-to-backOUT Poeltl missed 5 since 1/09, out tonight
OUT Porter Jr. missed 9 since 1/01, out tonight
BACK Dick back 1/12 after 8, 12 min since (56% of 21)
BACK Freeman-Liberty back 1/17 after 38, 2 min since (13% of 18)
NEW Young 15 to 22 min over the last 5
TOR availability going into 1/20 · 1 day's restOUT Poeltl missed 6 since 1/09, out tonight
OUT Porter Jr. missed 10 since 1/01, out tonight
BACK Dick back 1/12 after 8, 12 min since (56% of 21)
BACK Freeman-Liberty back 1/17 after 38, 2 min since (13% of 18)
NEW Porter 14 to 21 min over the last 5
TOR availability going into 1/22 · 1 day's restOUT Poeltl missed 7 since 1/09, out tonight
OUT Freeman-Liberty missed 2 since 1/18, out tonight
OUT Porter Jr. missed 11 since 1/01, out tonight
BACK Dick back 1/12 after 8, 13 min since (63% of 21)
NEW Porter 14 to 21 min over the last 5
BOS availability going into 1/08 · 1 day's restBACK Kornet back 12/29 after 8, 18 min since (125% of 15)
NEW Brissett 10 to 18 min over the last 4
BOS availability going into 1/10 · 1 day's restOUT Queta missed 2 since 1/06, out tonight
NEW Brissett 10 to 19 min over the last 4
BOS availability going into 1/11 · back-to-backOUT Queta missed 3 since 1/06, returns tonight: 13 min (113% of 11)
BOS availability going into 1/13 · 1 day's restBACK Queta back 1/11 after 3, 13 min since (113% of 11)
NEW Horford 28 to 33 min over the last 3
BOS availability going into 1/15 · 1 day's restBACK Queta back 1/11 after 3, 13 min since (113% of 11)
BOS availability going into 1/17 · 1 day's restOUT Queta missed 2 since 1/13, returns tonight: 12 min (108% of 11)
BOS availability going into 1/19 · 1 day's restBACK Queta back 1/11 after 3, 12 min since (111% of 11)
BOS availability going into 1/21 · 1 day's restBACK Queta back 1/11 after 3, 12 min since (111% of 11)
BOS availability going into 1/22 · back-to-backBACK Queta back 1/17 after 2, 8 min since (69% of 11)
I Know — the desk, before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Toronto comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 125 a night and allowing 131, shooting 54 percent and 44 from three, 22 free throws a game; Siakam at 22 and Barrett at 20 a game. That is 3 straight losses. It has lost the glass by 6 a night. Without Poeltl (3 straight), Freeman-Liberty (37 straight). 2 days' rest. Boston comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 125 a night and allowing 120, shooting 48 percent and 41 from three, 27 free throws a game; Brown at 30 and Tatum at 29 a game. One day's rest.
So: Boston wins, on the road, and the game turns on the defense, Boston allowing 120 a night to Toronto's 131 and the glass, where Boston has been minus-1 a night and Toronto minus-6. Call it Boston 123, Toronto 119, Toronto keeping it close.
1/07 @ GSW 133-118 — TOR notes
TOR won 133-118. TOR shot 59% (55 of 94) to GSW's 45%, 15 of 33 from three. Barrett led with 37 (13 of 20, 5 of 8 from three, 6 of 8 at the line); Boucher added 17, Siakam 16. The hinge was Q2, 40-21: a lead of 8 became 27. Barrett was the night's best plus/minus at +26.
1/09 @ LAL 131-132 — TOR notes
TOR lost 131-132. TOR took 13 more shots (94 to 81), but shot 56% to LAL's 54%, 17 of 35 from three, and got to the line 13 times to LAL's 36. Barnes led with 26 (11 of 20, 3 of 7 from three); Siakam added 25, Barrett 23. Q2 was theirs, 29-23, turning a 4-point deficit into a 2-point lead, but the other 3 periods went 109-102 against them. Porter's -8 in 10 minutes was the worst on the floor.
1/10 @ LAC 120-126 — TOR notes
TOR lost 120-126. TOR shot 55% (46 of 84) to LAC's 53%, 12 of 30 from three. TOR turned it over 14 times to LAC's 7. Quickley led with 25 (7 of 16, 2 of 4 from three, 9 of 9 at the line); Barrett added 24, Schröder 22. Q3 was theirs, 35-33, turning a 1-point deficit into a 1-point lead, but the other 3 periods went 93-85 against them. Boucher's -10 in 11 minutes was the worst on the floor.
1/12 @ UTA 113-145 — TOR notes
TOR lost 113-145. TOR shot 43% (35 of 81) to UTA's 56%, 17 of 34 from three, and went to the line 37 times to UTA's 26 — 26 points from the stripe to their 20. The glass went 31-56 against them. Siakam led with 27 (8 of 14, 5 of 6 from three, 6 of 8 at the line); Barnes added 19, Quickley 15. Q1 was theirs, 25-28, but the other 3 periods went 117-88 against them. Quickley's -28 in 25 minutes was the worst on the floor.
1/15 vs BOS 96-105 — TOR notes
TOR lost 96-105. TOR took 13 more shots (95 to 82), but shot 40% to BOS's 40%, 4 of 32 from three. TOR turned it over 7 times to BOS's 12. Barrett led with 24 (11 of 19, 0 of 4 from three); Quickley added 21, Siakam 17. Q4 was theirs, 21-21, but the other 3 periods went 84-75 against them. Schröder's -15 in 33 minutes was the worst on the floor.
1/17 vs MIA — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Toronto comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 119 a night and allowing 125, shooting 51 percent and 40 from three, 21 free throws a game; Barrett at 22 and Siakam at 21 a game. That is 4 straight losses. It has lost the glass by 5 a night. Without Poeltl (4 straight), Freeman-Liberty (38 straight). One day's rest. Miami comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 108 a night and allowing 104, shooting 45 percent and 37 from three, 24 free throws a game; Herro at 24 and Adebayo at 21 a game. That is 3 straight wins. Without Love (2 straight). One day's rest.
So: Miami wins, on the road, and the game turns on the defense, Miami allowing 104 a night to Toronto's 125 and the glass, where Miami has been plus-0 a night and Toronto minus-5. Call it Miami 114, Toronto 113, Toronto keeping it close.
1/18 vs CHI — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Toronto comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 116 a night and allowing 121, shooting 49 percent and 41 from three, 21 free throws a game; Siakam at 23 and Barrett at 20 a game. Without Poeltl (5 straight). Second night of a back-to-back. Chicago comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 117 a night and allowing 119, shooting 49 percent and 39 from three, 20 free throws a game; White at 23 and DeRozan at 20 a game. Without Williams (2 straight), Craig (15 straight). 2 days' rest.
So: Toronto wins, in a game with no one edge to lean on. Call it Toronto 117, Chicago 116, Chicago keeping it close.
1/20 @ NYK — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
New York comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 109 a night and allowing 105, shooting 46 percent and 34 from three, 23 free throws a game; Brunson at 34 and Randle at 25 a game. It has won the glass by 7 a night. Without Robinson (21 straight). One day's rest. Toronto comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 112 a night and allowing 118, shooting 48 percent and 37 from three, 23 free throws a game; Barrett at 19 and Barnes at 18 a game. It has lost the glass by 4 a night. Without Poeltl (6 straight). One day's rest.
So: New York wins, and the game turns on the glass, where New York has been plus-7 a night and Toronto minus-4 and the defense, New York allowing 105 a night to Toronto's 118. Call it New York 116, Toronto 109.
1/22 vs MEM — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Toronto comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 108 a night and allowing 118, shooting 45 percent and 35 from three, 24 free throws a game; Barrett at 18 and Barnes at 18 a game. It has lost the glass by 10 a night. Without Poeltl (7 straight), Freeman-Liberty (2 straight). One day's rest. Memphis comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 106 a night and allowing 117, shooting 42 percent and 35 from three, 24 free throws a game; Jackson Jr. at 25 and Williams Jr. at 14 a game. It has lost the glass by 9 a night. Without Bane (4 straight), LaRavia (3 straight), Rose (9 straight). One day's rest.
So: Toronto wins, in a game with no one edge to lean on. Call it Toronto 115, Memphis 110.
1/08 @ IND 131-133 — BOS notes
BOS lost 131-133. BOS shot 52% (47 of 90) to IND's 53%, 17 of 35 from three, and went to the line 29 times to IND's 22 — 20 points from the stripe to their 18. J. Brown led with 40 (17 of 26, 3 of 4 from three); Holiday added 21, Porziņģis 19. Q2 was theirs, 34-26, but the other 3 periods went 107-97 against them. They led by as many as 11. Horford's -9 in 32 minutes was the worst on the floor.
1/10 vs MIN 127-120 — BOS notes
BOS won 127-120 in 1 overtime. BOS shot 43% (39 of 90) to MIN's 46%, 19 of 47 from three, and went to the line 31 times to MIN's 20 — 30 points from the stripe to their 18. Tatum led with 45 (13 of 26, 6 of 11 from three, 13 of 14 at the line); Brown added 35, Holiday 12. The hinge was OT1, 16-9: from level to 7 ahead. White was the night's best plus/minus at +11.
1/11 @ MIL 102-135 — BOS notes
BOS lost 102-135. BOS shot 37% (34 of 91) to MIL's 57%, 9 of 35 from three, and went to the line 30 times to MIL's 16 — 25 points from the stripe to their 13. The glass went 31-54 against them. Pritchard led with 21 (6 of 13, 2 of 9 from three, 7 of 7 at the line); Hauser added 15, Brissett 13. Q4 was theirs, 32-24, the deficit cut from 41 to 33, but the other 3 periods went 111-70 against them. Holiday's -31 in 19 minutes was the worst on the floor.
1/13 vs HOU 145-113 — BOS notes
BOS won 145-113. BOS shot 54% (51 of 95) to HOU's 40%, 24 of 47 from three. Brown led with 32 (11 of 15, 4 of 6 from three, 6 of 10 at the line); Tatum added 27, Pritchard 19. The hinge was Q3, 43-28: a lead of 11 became 26, and the lead reached 36. White was the night's best plus/minus at +29.
1/15 @ TOR 105-96 — BOS notes
BOS won 105-96. BOS shot 40% (33 of 82) to TOR's 40%, 16 of 39 from three. BOS turned it over 12 times to TOR's 7. White led with 22 (7 of 18, 5 of 11 from three); Holiday added 22, Tatum 19. The hinge was Q1, 29-25: from level to 4 ahead. Pritchard was the night's best plus/minus at +16.
1/17 vs SAS — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Boston comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 122 a night and allowing 119, shooting 46 percent and 42 from three, 28 free throws a game; Brown at 29 and Tatum at 24 a game. It has lost the glass by 4 a night. One day's rest. San Antonio comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 119 a night and allowing 111, shooting 46 percent and 37 from three, 25 free throws a game; Wembanyama at 23 and Johnson at 15 a game. Without Collins (8 straight). One day's rest.
So: Boston wins, and the game turns on the defense, San Antonio allowing 111 a night to Boston's 119 and the arc, Boston at 42 percent from three to San Antonio's 37. Call it Boston 120, San Antonio 114.
1/19 vs DEN — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Boston comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 119 a night and allowing 112, shooting 44 percent and 42 from three, 26 free throws a game; Brown at 24 and Tatum at 24 a game. That is 3 straight wins. One day's rest. Denver comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 121 a night and allowing 117, shooting 55 percent and 42 from three, 24 free throws a game; Murray at 23 and Jokić at 22 a game. It has won the glass by 5 a night. 2 days' rest.
So: Boston wins, and the game turns on the glass, where Denver has been plus-5 a night and Boston minus-2 and the turnovers, Denver giving it away 15 times a game to Boston's 10. Call it Boston 118, Denver 114, Denver keeping it close.
1/21 @ HOU — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Houston comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 112 a night and allowing 123, shooting 44 percent and 28 from three, 26 free throws a game; Sengun at 24 and Ja. Green at 16 a game. Second night of a back-to-back. Boston comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 114 a night and allowing 109, shooting 44 percent and 40 from three, 23 free throws a game; Tatum at 20 and Brown at 19 a game. One day's rest.
So: Boston wins, on the road, and the game turns on the arc, Boston at 40 percent from three to Houston's 28 and the defense, Boston allowing 109 a night to Houston's 123. Call it Boston 116, Houston 112, Houston keeping it close.
1/22 @ DAL — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Dallas comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 115 a night and allowing 122, shooting 46 percent and 36 from three, 26 free throws a game; Irving at 33 and Hardaway Jr. at 24 a game. It has lost the glass by 7 a night. Without Exum (8 straight). 4 days' rest. Boston comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 117 a night and allowing 103, shooting 46 percent and 41 from three, 20 free throws a game; Tatum at 22 and Porziņģis at 21 a game. Second night of a back-to-back.
So: Boston wins, on the road, and the game turns on the defense, Boston allowing 103 a night to Dallas's 122 and the glass, where Boston has been plus-2 a night and Dallas minus-7. Call it Boston 117, Dallas 114, Dallas keeping it close.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
BOSAH A. Horford
DW D. White
JH J. Holiday
JT J. Tatum
KP K. Porziņģis
LK L. Kornet
OB O. Brissett
PP P. Pritchard
PO Porzingis
SH S. Hauser
TORCB C. Boucher
DS D. Schröder
IQ I. Quickley
JM J. McDaniels
JP J. Porter
PS P. Siakam
RB R. Barrett
SB S. Barnes
SC Schroder
TY T. Young
BOS/TOR the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
END the clock ran out, ball in hand
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur
Tatum has 19 points, 14 rebounds, Celtics win 105-96 for 8th straight over Raptors
TORONTO -- — Jayson Tatum had 19 points and 14 rebounds, Jrue Holiday scored eight of his season-high 22 points in the fourth quarter, and the Boston Celtics won their eighth straight meeting with Toronto, beating the Raptors 105-96 on Monday night.
Derrick White also scored 22 points, Kristaps Porzingis had 15 and Al Horford had 10 points and 11 rebounds as the Celtics completed a second straight four-game season sweep of their Atlantic Division rivals.
White scored 10 points in the fourth quarter, making a key 3 from the corner with just over a minute remaining.
“What he does for our team a lot of times goes unnoticed,” Holiday said of White. “A lot of times, too, it makes a big impact.”
Boston forward Jaylen Brown sat out because of a hyperextended right knee. Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla said Brown is dealing with soreness but that the injury is not considered serious.
“This year we’ve shown that, regardless of who’s out, there’s an affirmation that everyone is going to step up,” Mazzulla said.
RJ Barrett scored 24 points and Immanuel Quickley had 21 in the Raptors’ fourth straight loss. Pascal Siakam scored 17 points and Scottie Barnes had 10 points and 13 rebounds.
Toronto dropped to 0-10 against Atlantic Division opponents. Boston improved to 6-0 when holding opponents below 100 points.
The Raptors were without guard Gary Trent Jr., who sat out because of flu-like symptoms. Toronto’s Jontay Porter made his first career start in place of injured center Jakob Poeltl , who missed his fourth straight game because of a sprained left ankle.
Toronto shot 4 for 32 from 3-point range, its worst mark of the season, and missed all 13 attempts from distance in the second half.
“I thought it looked like we were getting good looks,” Toronto coach Darko Rajakovic said. “The ball did not go in.”
The Raptors went 4 for 29 from 3-point range in home loss to Portland on Oct. 30.
White made 5 of 11 from distance, giving him more made 3-pointers than Toronto’s entire team.
Boston shot 10 for 18 from long range in the first half and led 61-55 at the intermission.
Tatum had nine points and six rebounds in the third quarter as the Celtics took an 84-75 lead to the fourth.
The Raptors led 73-66 with 6:18 left in the third but shot 1 for 10 the rest of the quarter as Boston used an 18-2 run to regain the lead.
“We know that anything is possible,” Holiday said. “We know that we can come back and be able to withstand those punches.”
Barnes scored to make it 100-96 with two minutes remaining in the fourth but White answered with his fifth 3-pointer.
“His confidence and his aggressiveness are super important,” Mazzulla said of White.
Toronto finished with 25 assists, extending its franchise-record streak of games with 25 or more to 23.