Since the Celtics’ comeback-surge victory against the Raptors Feb. 1, so many have anticipated this matchup. With so much riding on it, from playoff seeding to the perception of both teams around the league, it was as all-or-nothing as regular-season games get. While it was close more often than it wasn’t, the Cs showed some shortcoming while the Raptors preened with their shiny trade-deadline acquisitions and took the season series.
THE GAME FLOW
To paraphrase Celtics play-by-play legend Mike Gorman, both teams looked in vacation mode to start. Jaylen Brown had the unlucky role of guarding DeMar DeRozan and fell for some pumpfakes of the seriously?