Boston Celtics @ Toronto Raptors
Tuesday, February 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM ET
Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, ON | Game ID: 22400829
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
TOR 24 30 22 25 101BOS 35 31 23 22 111
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Brown scores 24 points as Celtics extend winning streak to six games, beat Raptors 111-101
TORONTO -- — Jaylen Brown scored 24 points, Derrick White had 22 and the Boston Celtics extended their winning streak to six games by beating the Toronto Raptors 111-101 on Tuesday night.
Payton Pritchard scored 20 points and Jayson Tatum had 19 points and 11 assists as the Celtics improved to 24-6 on the road.
RJ Barrett scored 22 points and Scottie Barnes had 21 but the Raptors lost for the seventh time in their past nine. Gradey Dick scored 12 points and Immanuel Quickley added 10.
White shot 6 for 11 from 3-point range, singlehandedly making more shots from distance than the entire Raptors team. Toronto finished 5 for 32 from 3-point range, its fewest made 3s of the season. The Raptors made six 3-pointers against Philadelphia on Oct. 25.
The Raptors shot 8 for 8 on 3-pointers in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s win over Phoenix but opened Tuesday’s game by missing 11 straight from distance. Ochai Agbaji ended the drought when he connected with 9:17 left in the second quarter.
Takeaways Celtics: Kristaps Porzingis was scratched shortly before tip-off because of a non-COVID illness. Torrey Craig replaced Porzingis in the starting lineup, his first start with Boston. The Celtics were also without Jrue Holiday (rest), Al Horford (left big toe) and Luke Kornet (personal).
Raptors: Toronto snapped a 10-game losing streak against Boston when they last met on Jan. 15 but couldn’t build on that victory in their latest encounter with the Atlantic leaders.
Key moment Toronto trailed by 17 early in the fourth but cut the deficit to seven, 102-95, on Jamal Shead’s basket with 4:18 remaining. Tatum scored with 2:42 left, then stole the ball from Dick. White’s sixth 3-pointer restored Boston’s double-digit edge.
Key stat Tatum had nine assists in the first two quarters, a career-high for assists in a single half.
Up next Both teams play on the road Wednesday night. Boston is in Detroit while Toronto visits Indiana. ------
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Who
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
BOSBS B. Scheierman
DW D. White
JB J. Brown
JD J. Davison
JT J. Tatum
JW J. Walsh
NQ N. Queta
PP P. Pritchard
SH S. Hauser
TC T. Craig
TORCB C. Boucher
GD G. Dick
IQ I. Quickley
JM J. Mogbo
JS J. Shead
JW J. Walter
OA O. Agbaji
OR O. Robinson
RB R. Barrett
SB S. Barnes
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
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