Jayson Tatum, Celtics pull out gritty win vs. Raptors to close road trip: 7 takeaways

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Jayson Tatum and the Celtics rallied from a big first-half deficit on the second night of an emotional back-to-back to claim a gritty 98-93 victory over the Raptors on Wednesday, closing out their road trip in first place in the Eastern Conference.

Here are the takeaways.

Jayson Tatum took over at the most important times

Tatum had an underwhelming statline for the second night in a row, but he took the game over at two absolutely critical moments.

The first was in the second quarter with the Celtics trailing by 22 following a flurry of 3-pointers by the Raptors. Tatum checked back in, and almost immediately, he buried…