{"id":588195,"date":"2026-04-06T02:14:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T02:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/588195\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T02:14:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T02:14:13","slug":"celtics-115-101-raptors-6-apr-2026-game-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/588195\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtics 115-101 Raptors (6 Apr, 2026) Game Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"

BOSTON — \u2014 Jaylen Brown<\/a> scored 26 points, Jayson Tatum<\/a> had 23 points and 13 rebounds and the Boston Celtics<\/a> beat the Toronto Raptors<\/a> 115-101 on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Neemias Queta<\/a> had 18 points and seven rebounds, and Payton Pritchard<\/a> scored 17 points for the Celtics, who won their third straight to move closer to clinching second place in the Eastern Conference.<\/p>\n

Ja\u2019Kobe Walter led Toronto with 16 points, and Brandon Ingram<\/a> and RJ Barrett<\/a> each had 15.<\/p>\n

Celtics center Nikola Vucevic<\/a> returned after missing a month following surgery for a broken right ring finger.<\/a> He looked a bit rusty, scoring just four points in 13 minutes with four rebounds.<\/p>\n

Coming off consecutive games<\/a> of putting up at least 43 points in the opening quarter, the Celtics looked a bit sluggish and were cold from long range early, missing 13 of their initial 16 shots from 3-point range. The teams were tied at 26 after one.<\/p>\n

Fighting for a top-six spot in the Eastern Conference to avoid the play-in tournament, the Raptors were outscored 35-24 in the final quarter that was filled with their turnovers and breakdowns defensively. Walter even missed all three free throw attempts on one trip to the line.<\/p>\n

Boston led by just three points entering the final quarter before going on a game-breaking 16-6 spree that was started by a long 3-pointer from Pritchard 18 seconds into the period.<\/p>\n

The Raptors trailed by 10 with just under four minutes left before Boston scored 10 of the next 12 points. Brown had three baskets, including a pair a few seconds apart when he missed his free throw trying for a three-point play but grabbed the rebound and converted a layup.<\/p>\n

Toronto won its previous game against Memphis by 32 points. <\/a><\/p>\n

Up next <\/p>\n

Raptors: Host Miami on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Celtics: Host Charlotte on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

——<\/a> <\/p>\n

AP NBA: https:\/\/www.apnews.com\/hub\/NBA<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BOSTON — \u2014 Jaylen Brown scored 26 points, Jayson Tatum had 23 points and 13 rebounds and the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":588196,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-588195","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-basketball","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-basketball","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=588195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588195\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/588196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=588195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=588195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=588195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}