Boston Celtics at Toronto Raptors
· National Basketball AssociationPayton Pritchard scores 33 points as short-handed Celtics beat slumping Raptors 112-96
Neemias Queta scored 14 points, Luka Garza had 12 and Hugo Gonzalez added 10 as the Celtics won their third straight meeting with Toronto.
Boston’s Jaylen Brown, who scored 30 points in Miami Heat, sat out because of an illness.
Pritchard shot eight for 10 in the third, making two of four attempts from 3-point range. He finished 13 for 24, making four of nine from distance.
Pritchard led Boston with 10 assists, matching his season-high. He also had seven rebounds.
Garza and Gonzalez each had 10 rebounds for the Celtics, who have won seven of their last nine games.
Sandro Mamukelashvili scored a season-high 24 points, Brandon Ingram also had 24 and Scottie Barnes added 12 points for the Raptors, whose two-game winning streak was snapped. Toronto has lost seven of 10.
Raptors guard Immanuel Quickley shot one for 12 and finished with three points. Fellow starter Ochai Agbaji shot one for five and scored six points.
The Raptors set a season-high with 47 attempts from 3-point range. They made 16, but it wasn’t enough.
Toronto’s Jakob Poeltl (lower back) sat out for the second straight game.
Raptors: At Brooklyn on Sunday night.
Regular Season Series
BOS leads series 2-0
Recent Plays
| 4th 0.0 |  |
End of Game | 112 - 96 |
| 4th 0.0 | |
End of the 4th Quarter | 112 - 96 |
| 4th 21.3 |  |
shot clock turnover | 112 - 96 |
| 4th 42.8 | |
Payton Pritchard defensive rebound | 112 - 96 |
| 4th 46.5 |  |
Ja'Kobe Walter misses 25-foot three point jumper | 112 - 96 |
Statistics
 BOS |
 TOR |
|
|---|---|---|
| 44-95 | FG | 36-87 |
| 46 | Field Goal % | 41 |
| 12-39 | 3PT | 16-47 |
| 31 | Three Point % | 34 |
| 12-15 | FT | 8-11 |
| 80 | Free Throw % | 73 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 37 |
| 17 | Offensive Rebounds | 9 |
| 38 | Defensive Rebounds | 28 |
| 22 | Assists | 30 |
| 7 | Steals | 2 |
| 4 | Blocks | 7 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 2 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 11 | Total Turnovers | 12 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 1 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 8 | Points Conceded Off Turnovers | 19 |
| 10 | Fast Break Points | 10 |
| 54 | Points in Paint | 32 |
| 21 | Fouls | 18 |
| 16 | Largest Lead | 7 |
| 14 | Lead Changes | 14 |
| 60 | Percent Led | 34 |
Toronto Raptors Injuries
| NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
|---|---|---|
| Immanuel Quickley, G | Out | Apr 23 |
| Chucky Hepburn, G | Out | Apr 11 |
Boston Celtics Injuries
| NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
|---|
Game Information
Location: Toronto, ON
Attendance: 19,533 · Capacity:
2025-26 Atlantic Standings
| TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Boston |
56 | 26 | .683 | - | W2 |
 New York |
53 | 29 | .646 | 3 | L1 |
 Toronto |
46 | 36 | .561 | 10 | W1 |
 Philadelphia |
45 | 37 | .549 | 11 | W2 |
 Brooklyn |
20 | 62 | .244 | 36 | L3 |
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