Resting DeMar DeRozan and Kyle Lowry for more meaningful games in the playoffs could soon pay off, and couldn’t happen if Fred VanVleet and Delon Wright didn’t elevate their games.
The Toronto Raptors didn’t get much of anything they wanted out of Boston on Saturday night because they didn’t win, they didn’t shoot very well, and they had a difficult time with the on-the-fly adjustments they had to make to the Celtics’ length and zone defence.