NBA Final Intelligence

BOS 9-2
98 – 93
FINAL
TOR 5-5

Boston Celtics 98, Toronto Raptors 93 — Recap

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📰Game Recap

The Toronto Raptors seized early control of the contest, outscoring the Boston Celtics 38-29 in the opening period behind perimeter shooting from Ja'Kobe Walter and Allen Graves. Toronto sustained its advantage into the second quarter, edging Boston 23-25 to build a halftime cushion despite Boston's offensive push.

Boston began chipping away after intermission, taking the third quarter 21-19 as Jayson Tatum and Derrick White engineered the Celtics' execution. The momentum fully shifted in the final frame where Boston's defense and scoring overwhelmed Toronto, limiting the Raptors to 13 points while producing 23 of their own to complete the comeback.

Tatum paced the winners with 24 points, eight assists, and seven rebounds, while White added 19 points and seven assists. Walter led Toronto with 17 points anchored by five three-pointers, and Graves contributed 13 points and five boards in the narrow defeat.

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How the Prediction Fared

✓ Model Hit

SportsFBI's model, locked before tip-off, favored the Boston Celtics (59% confidence). It gave a 12% chance of a 20+ point margin; the game was decided by 5 points.

💵 Betting Result FanDuel closing line

Spread · BOS -5.5 TOR covered Won by 5
Total · 216.5 Under 191 combined
Moneyline BOS -210 · TOR +176 BOS favored
Line movementOpening line → close
Spread (TOR) +6.5+5.5 -1
Total 216.5216.5 No move
Moneyline (TOR) +194+176 -18

Standouts

Top Scorer · BOS
24 PTS, 7 REB, 8 AST, 2 3PM · 6-21 FG
Scoring · BOS
19 PTS, 1 REB, 7 AST, 3 3PM · 7-15 FG
Scoring · TOR
17 PTS, 3 REB, 1 AST, 5 3PM · 5-11 FG
Season highs
Neemias Queta · Season-high 13 rebounds

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

📊 Game Flow

BOS 4 largest lead Q1 10:24 (BOS 6, TOR 2) · 16-0 run, Q2 5:10–Q2 2:40
TOR 22 largest lead Q2 5:24 (BOS 37, TOR 59) · 10-0 run, Q2 10:41–Q2 9:15
Swings 12 lead changes Tied 5 times

Ahead for good: Jayson Tatum makes free throw 2 of 2 (Q4 0:25, BOS 94, TOR 93).

Clutch timeEvery score of the final five minutes
  • Q4 4:34 Jayson Tatum makes free throw 1 of 2BOS · BOS 85, TOR 89
  • Q4 4:11 Jordan Walsh makes 2-foot running dunk (Jayson Tatum assists)BOS · BOS 68, TOR 67
  • Q4 2:47 Neemias Queta makes free throw 2 of 2BOS · BOS 88, TOR 89
  • Q4 1:55 Jayson Tatum makes 12-foot two point shot (Derrick White assists)BOS · BOS 90, TOR 89
  • Q4 1:39 RJ Barrett makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot (Jakob Poeltl assists)TOR · BOS 90, TOR 91
  • Q4 1:14 RJ Barrett makes 2-foot running dunk (Jamal Shead assists)TOR · BOS 90, TOR 93
  • Q4 0:54 Neemias Queta makes 2-foot dunk (Jayson Tatum assists)BOS · BOS 92, TOR 93
  • Q4 0:25 Jayson Tatum makes free throw 1 of 2BOS · BOS 93, TOR 93
  • Q4 0:25 Jayson Tatum makes free throw 2 of 2BOS · BOS 94, TOR 93
  • Q4 0:15 Neemias Queta makes free throw 1 of 2BOS · BOS 95, TOR 93
  • Q4 0:15 Neemias Queta makes free throw 2 of 2BOS · BOS 96, TOR 93

Linescore

1234 T
BOS 29252123 98
TOR 38231913 93

🧮 How They Scored

BOSTOR
Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor
50.7%Effective FG%47.1%
17.4%Turnover %13.1%
23.1%Offensive rebound %25.0%
0.384Free-throw rate0.212

Box Score

Boston Celtics

Player MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
Derrick White G 3819171427-153-72-2+18
Jayson Tatum F 3824780226-212-1110-12+9
Payton Pritchard G 3114110055-132-72-2-17
Neemias Queta C 31111331352-41-16-8+27
Baylor Scheierman G 299732103-53-50-0+18
Sam Hauser F 248902012-62-42-2+1
Jordan Walsh G 186301013-40-10-0+3
Mitchell Robinson C 112200011-10-00-0-17
Luka Garza C 115100001-31-32-2-5
Hugo González G 80100010-10-10-0-12

Toronto Raptors

Player MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
Ja'Kobe Walter G 3517312015-115-102-2-16
Jakob Poeltl C 326910133-50-00-0-18
RJ Barrett F-G 3212872125-160-22-2-22
Immanuel Quickley G 2811441023-141-84-4-13
Jamison Battle F 2512201014-72-52-2+10
Jamal Shead G 223361021-60-41-2+6
Collin Murray-Boyles F 215430121-91-52-4-3
Allen Graves F 1813500005-83-40-0+4
Alijah Martin G 1612102014-54-50-0+13
Kyle Anderson F 112340101-40-00-2+14

🎟️ Player Props Results Consensus lines

PlayerPropLineActualResult
Jayson Tatum BOS Points26.524 Under
Rebounds7.57 Under
Assists6.58 Over
3-pointers2.52 Under
Pts + Reb34.531 Under
Reb + Ast14.515 Over
Pts + Reb + Ast41.539 Under
Derrick White BOS Points14.519 Over
Rebounds3.51 Under
Assists4.57 Over
3-pointers1.53 Over
Reb + Ast8.58 Under
Pts + Reb + Ast23.527 Over
Ja'Kobe Walter TOR Points12.517 Over
Rebounds3.53 Under
3-pointers2.55 Over
Pts + Reb16.520 Over
Pts + Reb + Ast18.521 Over
Payton Pritchard BOS Points15.514 Under
Rebounds3.51 Under
Assists4.51 Under
3-pointers2.52 Under
Reb + Ast7.52 Under
Pts + Reb + Ast23.516 Under
Jamison Battle TOR Points7.512 Over
3-pointers1.52 Over
Immanuel Quickley TOR Points17.511 Under
Rebounds3.54 Over
Assists5.54 Under
3-pointers2.51 Under
Reb + Ast9.58 Under
Pts + Reb + Ast26.519 Under

The last pregame line, graded against the final box score.

⚔️ Season Series & What's Next

2026-27 season series BOS 1 – 0 TOR
Last 24 meetings · since 2020-21 BOS 21 – 3 TOR
Previous meetingsOpen the recap
After this game
Boston Celtics 10-2 W5 L10 9-1 Next game: vs DAL · Sun, Nov 15
Toronto Raptors 5-6 L2 L10 4-6 Next game: @ PHI · Thu, Nov 12

🔍 Key Suspects Results

2 of 6 graded picks hit. Pushes and voided picks are not counted.

BOS — Away
Payton Pritchard Payton Pritchard G Assists 4 MISS Actual 1
Neemias Queta Neemias Queta C Pts+Reb 17.5 UNDER MISS Actual 24
Baylor Scheierman Baylor Scheierman G Rebounds 4.5 UNDER MISS Actual 7
TOR — Home
Collin Murray-Boyles Collin Murray-Boyles F Assists 1.5 UNDER MISS Actual 3
Jakob Poeltl Jakob Poeltl C Pts+Reb+Ast 19.5 UNDER HIT Actual 16
Jamal Shead Jamal Shead G Points 7.5 UNDER HIT Actual 3

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