Boston Celtics @ Toronto Raptors
Sunday, December 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM ET
Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, ON | Game ID: 22500358
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
TOR 26 33 32 22 113BOS 34 43 20 24 121
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Brown scores 30 as Celtics blow 23-point lead, hold on to beat Raptors 121-113
TORONTO -- — Jaylen Brown scored 30 points, Derrick White scored 14 of his 27 in the first quarter and the Boston Celtics beat Toronto 121-113 on Sunday, holding on late after blowing a 23-point lead in the second half.
Payton Pritchard scored 15 points and Anfernee Simons had 12 as the Celtics won their fifth straight and seventh of eight. Neemias Queta added 11 points and 11 rebounds.
Brandon Ingram scored 30 points and Scottie Barnes had 18 points and 11 rebounds but Toronto lost its third straight, all at home. The Raptors hadn’t lost back-to-back home games this season before Friday’s loss to Charlotte .
Boston led 87-64 after Pritchard’s 3-pointer about 3 1/2 minutes into the third quarter. Toronto answered by outscoring the Celtics 34-10 over the next 10 minutes, taking its first lead of the game on Jamal Shead’s layup with 10:39 remaining in the game.
The Celtics hadn’t trailed since the first half of Tuesday’s home win over the Knicks . Boston posted wire-to-wire wins at Washington on Thursday and at home to the Lakers on Friday .
Against Toronto, back-to-back 3s by White and Pritchard turned a three-point deficit into a three-point Boston lead with 7:15 left, and the Celtics didn’t trail again.
After making a season-high 24 3-pointers in Friday’s home win over the Lakers, Boston connected on 20 of 47 shots from long range against the Raptors.
The Celtics finished with two fewer made 3-pointer than Toronto had attempts. The Raptors shot 9 for 22 from deep.
Toronto has lost five of six heading into Tuesday’s NBA Cup quarterfinal matchup against New York.
Sandro Mamukelashvili scored 14 points for the Raptors. Ochai Agbaji and Immanuel Quickley each had 11 points, while Jakob Poeltl and AJ Lawson both had 10.
Boston outscored Toronto 17-4 in second-chance points.
Up next Celtics: At Milwaukee on Thursday.
Raptors: Host New York on Tuesday in the NBA Cup quarterfinals.
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Who
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
TORAL A. Lawson
AM A. Martin
BI B. Ingram
CM C. Murray-Boyles
GD G. Dick
IQ I. Quickley
JP J. Poeltl
JS J. Shead
JW J. Walter
OA O. Agbaji
SB S. Barnes
SM S. Mamukelashvili
BOSAS A. Simons
BS B. Scheierman
DW D. White
HG H. González
JB J. Brown
JM J. Minott
JW J. Walsh
NQ N. Queta
PP P. Pritchard
SH S. Hauser
TOR/BOS 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