{"id":792995,"date":"2026-07-11T06:45:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T06:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/792995\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T06:45:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T06:45:14","slug":"2026-nba-summer-league-celtics-outlast-raptors-for-ot-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/792995\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 NBA Summer League: Celtics outlast Raptors for OT win"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

Amari Williams records a game-high 23 points and 13 rebounds as the Celtics defeat the Raptors, 83-80, in OT.<\/p>\n

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\"Boston Celtics 83, \"Toronto Raptors 80 (OT): Box Score<\/a> | Game Detail<\/a><\/p>\n

LAS VEGAS \u2014 Hugo Gonzalez flirted with a triple-double, Amari Williams had 23-points and 13 rebounds and the Boston Celtics found a way to beat the Toronto Raptors, 83-80<\/a>, in overtime at 2026 NBA Summer League<\/a> on Friday.<\/p>\n

Gonzalez<\/a>, the No. 28 pick in the 2025 NBA Draft<\/a>, finished with 17 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists.<\/p>\n

Both Boston and Toronto struggled massively on offense in the first half of the game.<\/p>\n

The Raptors were a bit better, however, and they marched into halftime with a 34-26 lead. However, Boston responded in the third quarter, playing with more intensity and outscoring Toronto 28-20 to even things up.<\/p>\n

Toronto had a three-point lead in the final seconds, but Chris Cenac Jr.<\/a> hit a corner 3 for Boston with 0.8 seconds left in the fourth to force overtime.<\/p>\n

There were 12 lead changes throughout regulation, and eight of those happened in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n

John Tonje finished with 20 points, five boards, three steals and two assists for the Celtics. Cenac Jr. added 14 points off the bench.<\/p>\n

First-round pick Allen Graves<\/a> notched 22 points and 13 rebounds for the Raptors. Chucky Hepburn added 11 points and five assists.<\/p>\n

The Raptors will play the second leg of a back-to-back Saturday against the Houston Rockets (9:30 ET, Prime Video<\/a>).<\/p>\n

As for the Celtics, they\u2019ll take on the Charlotte Hornets on Sunday (5 ET, ESPN2<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Amari Williams records a game-high 23 points and 13 rebounds as the Celtics defeat the Raptors, 83-80, in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":792996,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,2870,590,129647,85,5657],"class_list":["post-792995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-celtics","tag-nba","tag-raptors","tag-sports","tag-summer-league"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792995","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=792995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792995\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/792996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=792995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=792995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=792995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}