{"id":331265,"date":"2025-12-07T23:43:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T23:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/331265\/"},"modified":"2025-12-07T23:43:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T23:43:09","slug":"jaylen-brown-boston-celtics-hold-on-to-deny-toronto-raptors-comeback-attempt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/331265\/","title":{"rendered":"Jaylen Brown, Boston Celtics hold on to deny Toronto Raptors\u2019 comeback attempt"},"content":{"rendered":"

TORONTO \u2014 Forward Jaylen Brown<\/a> scored 30 points, including three for four shooting from beyond the three-point line, to help the Boston Celtics<\/a> avert a wild comeback attempt from the Toronto Raptors<\/a> in a 121-113 win on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Brandon Ingram<\/a>\u2019s 30 points led the Raptors, who were behind 23 points early in the third quarter and took their first lead with a Jamal Shead<\/a> layup with 10:39 remaining at Scotiabank Arena.<\/p>\n

The teams were tied 102-102 when Payton Prichard made a three-pointer with 7:15 remaining to put Boston (15-9) up for good for its fifth win in a row. The Raptors (15-10) dropped their third straight.<\/p>\n

Guard Derrick White<\/a> added 27 points, while Pritchard was good for 15.<\/p>\n

Raptors Scottie Barnes<\/a> and Sandro Mamukelashvili<\/a> checked in with 18 and 14 points, respectively. Barnes also had 11 rebounds and eight assists.<\/p>\n

The visitors jumped out to a 10-3 lead. They enjoyed an eight-point advantage after the first quarter and extended their lead to 77-59 at the half.<\/p>\n

The Raptors pulled to within four points with three-pointers from Ochai Agbaji<\/a> and Shead with 1:47 remaining in the third quarter.<\/p>\n

The Celtics went 20 for 47 in their three-point attempts. Toronto only made nine of 22.<\/p>\n

Takeaways<\/p>\n

Raptors: Guard Immanuel Quickley<\/a> was a game-time decision with an illness. He managed with 11 points after scoring a season-high 31 in a loss to the Charlotte Hornets<\/a> on Friday.<\/p>\n

Celtics: Montreal\u2019s Chris Boucher<\/a> was honoured with a video tribute before the game. He returned to Scotiabank Arena for his first regular-season game since the 32-year-old forward departed the Raptors to sign with Boston last summer.<\/p>\n

Key moment<\/p>\n

Pritchard\u2019s nifty pass for a White layup with 55.3 seconds remaining in the second quarter capped off a 7-0 run to put the Celtics in front by 22.<\/p>\n

Key stat<\/p>\n

The Celtics\u2019 77-point first half was the most allowed by the Raptors in a half this season. The previous high was the 75 put up by the Dallas Mavericks<\/a> in the second half at home on Oct 26.<\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

Celtics: Visit the Milwaukee Bucks<\/a> on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Raptors: Conclude five-game homestand against the New York Knicks<\/a> on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 7, 2025.<\/p>\n

Tim Wharnsby, The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TORONTO \u2014 Forward Jaylen Brown scored 30 points, including three for four shooting from beyond the three-point line,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":331266,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-331265","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=331265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331265\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/331266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=331265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=331265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=331265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}