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Offensive rebounding is going to be essential to what the Boston Celtics want to do this year.

Boston Celtics, Toronto Raptors, Chris Boucher, Josh Minott, Joe Mazzulla | Mark Blinch/GettyImages

TORONTO — Payton Pritchard and Anfernee Simons controlled the tempo early on in the Boston Celtics’ second preseason game against the Toronto Raptors. The two guards ran back and forth at the top of the key as Neemias Queta set screens, scrambling the Raptors’ defense. The shots just weren’t falling.

But Josh Minott and Chris Boucher were ready.