After an understandable loss to the Nets and a last-second defeat at the hands of the Cavs, the Toronto Raptors are 6-5 and looking to get back into the win column. Tonight could be a good opportunity to do so, as they meet a team they’ve beaten already, and match up nicely style-wise against in the Celtics.
Boston is without Jaylen Brown for a couple weeks, as a hamstring strain is being treated with caution by the Celtics staff. Still, the home team tonight is coming off their best win of the season — a 95-78 stonewalling of the Miami Heat — and are hoping they can build off that; the Celtics are still trying to reach the lofty expectations some have set for their core in 2021-22.