{"id":358870,"date":"2025-12-21T02:44:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T02:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/358870\/"},"modified":"2025-12-21T02:44:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T02:44:10","slug":"payton-pritchards-33-points-lead-undermanned-boston-celtics-past-hurting-toronto-raptors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/358870\/","title":{"rendered":"Payton Pritchard\u2019s 33 points lead undermanned Boston Celtics past hurting Toronto Raptors"},"content":{"rendered":"

TORONTO \u2014 Payton Pritchard<\/a> had a double-double with 33 points and 10 assists as the undermanned Boston Celtics<\/a> topped the Toronto Raptors<\/a> 112-96 on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Pritchard added eight rebounds for Boston (17-11), while Derrick White<\/a> added 15 points, seven assists and five rebounds.<\/p>\n

The Celtics were without all-star forward Jaylen Brown<\/a>, who was sick with an undisclosed illness.<\/p>\n

Brandon Ingram<\/a> scored 24 points and added seven assists as Toronto (17-12) had its modest two-game win streak snapped.<\/p>\n

Scottie Barnes<\/a> flirted with a double-double despite a slow start, finishing with 12 points, nine rebounds and six assists.<\/p>\n

Sandro Mamukelashvili<\/a> had a season-high 24 points, going 6-for-9 from three-point range in place of starting centre Jakob Poeltl<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Poeltl was ruled out for the Raptors hours before tipoff with a sore lower back. Swingman RJ Barrett<\/a> (sprained knee) of Mississauga, Ont., remains out.<\/p>\n

TAKEAWAYS<\/p>\n

Celtics: Boston took full advantage of Poeltl\u2019s absence, outrebounding the Raptors 55-37 and getting 54 points in the paint to Toronto\u2019s 32. <\/p>\n

Raptors: Scottie Barnes<\/a> and Immanuel Quickley<\/a> both got off to slow starts, going a combined 3-for-16 on field-goal attempts in the first half. Barnes made a layup for his first points of the game with 2:21 before intermission. On the next possession he grabbed his own rebound for a dunk. Quickley drilled a three-pointer with 40.1 left in the half to give Toronto a 51-49 lead.<\/p>\n

KEY MOMENT<\/p>\n

White drilled a 31-foot three-pointer to cap an 11-4 Celtics run to start the fourth and give Boston a 94-84 lead.<\/p>\n

KEY STAT<\/p>\n

Although Brown\u2019s absence meant they didn\u2019t put up quite as many three-point attempts as usual, the Celtics still went 12-for-39 (30.8 per cent) from beyond the arc.<\/p>\n

UP NEXT<\/p>\n

Boston: Hosts the Indiana Pacers<\/a> on Monday.<\/p>\n

Toronto: Visits the Brooklyn Nets<\/a> on Sunday.<\/p>\n

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 20, 2025.<\/p>\n

John Chidley-Hill, The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TORONTO \u2014 Payton Pritchard had a double-double with 33 points and 10 assists as the undermanned Boston Celtics…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":358871,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-358870","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\/358870","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=358870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358870\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/358871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}