The Raptors end their Canadian tour in this preseason with a victory (137-134) against the Celtics.
The Montreal public will also have had their money’s worth since the troop of Nick Nurse and that of Joe Mazzulla did not leave the game, even having to go to overtime to decide…
Two figures to see the style opposition between the two teams: 68 to 40 and 19 to 7. 68 to 40 is the number of points scored in the racket, by the Raptors and the Celtics. OG Anunoby (32 points), Scottie Barnes (25 points) and the other Raptors thus continuously sought to attack the circle.
Opposite, the Celtics have mainly sought shifts for free shooters from afar. This gives 19/54 to 3-pointers for Boston, against 7/29 for Toronto, including a 0/7 in the exercise for Precious Achiuwa.
Two very different styles, for two teams that struggled to decide, while Payton Pritchard had the two key shots for the Celtics. At the end of the fourth quarter, at 127 all, he missed a small shot at half distance for the victory. And at the end of overtime, he missed the final 3-pointer to equalize.
