Boston.com · Feb 2, 2017
Isaiah Thomas has another big 4th quarter, Celtics beat Raptors
Celtics' Isaiah Thomas takes a shot against Raptors' DeMarre Carroll and Lucas Nogueira during the fourth quarter.BOSTON (AP) — Isaiah Thomas scored 19 of his 44 points in the final quarter to lift the Boston Celtics over the Toronto Raptors 109-104 on Wednesday night in a showdown for first place in the Atlantic Division.
It was the fifth straight win for Boston, which moved 1 ½ games ahead of the Raptors in the division and holds the Eastern Conference’s No. 2 seed.
Jae Crowder scored 14 points for the Celtics and Al Horford had 11. Thomas had 18 of Boston’s final 23 points.