{"id":61278,"date":"2020-09-06T07:05:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-06T04:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/raptors-shut-down-celtics-to-even-series-at-two-games-apiece\/"},"modified":"2020-09-06T07:05:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-06T04:05:00","slug":"raptors-shut-down-celtics-to-even-series-at-two-games-apiece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/raptors-shut-down-celtics-to-even-series-at-two-games-apiece\/","title":{"rendered":"#Raptors shut down Celtics to even series at two games apiece"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Raptors shut down Celtics to even series<\/a> at two game<\/a>s apiece<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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September 6, 2020 |<\/span> 12:05am <\/p>\n

\n LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. \u2014 No need for any big shots this time. Not the way the Toronto Raptors just kept getting stops.<\/p>\n

Pascal Siakam had 23 points and 11 rebounds, Kyle Lowry added 22 points and 11 boards and the Raptors evened the Eastern Conference semifinal at two games apiece, beating the Boston Celtics 100-93 on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Two days after winning Game 3 on OG Anunoby\u2019s 3-pointer as time expired, the Raptors shut down most of Boston\u2019s perimeter shooters and Jaylen Brown in particular.<\/p>\n

Serge Ibaka had 18 points off the bench on 7-of-9 shooting and Fred VanVleet finished with 17 points, six rebounds and six assists. The Raptors shot only 39.5 percent but believe they\u2019ll eventually put their offense and defense together on the same night.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we can always get to another level. I feel like we can always do that and obviously everyone clicking at the right time, and once we have that we\u2019re a pretty special team,\u201d Siakam said. <\/p>\n

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Pascal Siakam is fouled by Kemba Walker during the Raptors\u2019 100-93 Game 4 victory over the Celtics.<\/span>AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Jayson Tatum had 24 points and 10 rebounds for the Celtics. They won their first six postseason games before dropping the last two. Kemba Walker had 15 points and eight assists.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously, we didn\u2019t play that well, I didn\u2019t play that well,\u201d Brown said. \u201cWe\u2019ve got to bounce back and be ready to fight. That\u2019s what it comes down to.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Celtics were 7 for 35 (20%) from 3-point range. Brown missed his first nine attempts behind the arc and finished 2 for 11, and 4 for 18 overall. Tatum, Walker and Marcus Smart were all 1 for 6 on 3-pointers.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we made it a little bit tougher for them tonight but they still had a lot of shots that they were able to get off,\u201d Lowry said. \u201cWe\u2019re just trying to contain those guys: Tatum, Brown, Walker even Smart. We\u2019ve just got to continue to make it tough on those guys.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Raptors got their own shooting untracked late in the third quarter to open the first sizable lead by either team and Boston couldn\u2019t hit nearly enough shots to put much of a dent in it.<\/p>\n

The Celtics were a half-second from taking a 3-0 lead, from which no NBA team has recovered, after Daniel Theis\u2019 basket gave them a two-point lead Thursday. But Anunoby\u2019s 3 got the defending NBA champions, who overcame a 2-0 deficit in the Eastern Conference finals, on the way to what they hope will be a similar recovery. <\/p>\n

Coach Nick Nurse assumed the Raptors would quickly refocus after the euphoria of that victory, recalling how well they played on short rest after Kawhi Leonard\u2019s series-winning shot to beat Philadelphia in Game 7 of the second round before falling in Game 1 at Milwaukee. <\/p>\n

He was right, as Lowry sent them to a quick 11-4 lead with eight points. He scored 11 points in the first quarter, which ended with Toronto leading 31-27. There were five ties in the second quarter, including when VanVleet\u2019s 3-pointer with 0.9 seconds to go made it 49-all.<\/p>\n

After some cold perimeter shooting by both teams, the Raptors finally had a strong stretch late in the third, getting two 3-pointers by VanVleet and another by Ibaka in a little over a minute to open their largest lead at 79-68. Toronto led by eight after three.<\/p>\n

The Celtics never got closer than five in the final quarter and when they did for the final time, Tatum was called for an offensive foul with 32 seconds left.<\/p>\n

Walker took only nine shots, a number he said was unacceptable on his behalf.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve just got to be better. We\u2019ve got to be tougher. We\u2019ve got to want it more,\u201d Walker said.\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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