Toronto Raptors 71, Boston Celtics 125 — Recap

December 31, 2024 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Toronto Raptors 71, Boston Celtics 125. Scoring by quarter: Q1 TOR 12-23 BOS; Q2 TOR 23-22 BOS; Q3 TOR 18-45 BOS; Q4 TOR 18-35 BOS.

Top performers (box score): Jayson Tatum (BOS) 23 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 threes on 6-of-13 shooting; Payton Pritchard (BOS) 19 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 5 threes on 7-of-13 shooting; Scottie Barnes (TOR) 16 points, 13 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-19 shooting; Derrick White (BOS) 16 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-8 shooting; Jrue Holiday (BOS) 14 points, 1 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 threes on 5-of-8 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · BOS

Jayson Tatum

23 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST, 4 3PM · 6-13 FG

Scoring · BOS

Payton Pritchard

19 PTS, 6 REB, 4 AST, 5 3PM · 7-13 FG

Scoring · TOR

Scottie Barnes

16 PTS, 13 REB, 2 AST, 1 3PM · 7-19 FG

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

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
TOR	12	23	18	18		71
BOS	23	22	45	35		125

🧮 How They Scored

TORBOS

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

36.9%Effective FG%65.7%

19.1%Turnover %10.9%

29.2%Offensive rebound %27.5%

0.131Free-throw rate0.181

Box Score

Toronto Raptors

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Scottie Barnes G-F	31	16	13	2	2	1	6	7-19	1-8	1-1	-39
Jakob Poeltl C	30	7	13	3	2	1	1	3-4	—	1-2	-19
Davion Mitchell G	26	9	2	3	—	—	5	3-4	2-2	1-2	-18
Jamal Shead G	25	5	1	3	2	—	3	2-10	1-5	—	-37
Ochai Agbaji G	25	2	3	1	—	1	3	1-7	0-4	—	-17
Ja'Kobe Walter G	22	3	2	2	—	1	1	1-10	0-4	1-2	-26
Jamison Battle F	19	9	3	2	—	—	1	3-8	3-6	—	-20
Bruce Brown G	19	6	2	1	1	—	—	2-7	1-2	1-2	-22
Chris Boucher F	14	7	2	1	1	—	—	2-7	1-4	2-2	-23
Kelly Olynyk F	10	5	1	—	—	—	—	2-5	1-2	—	-25
Jonathan Mogbo F	6	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	-6
AJ Lawson G	4	—	1	—	—	—	—	0-3	0-3	—	-8

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jayson Tatum F	29	23	8	3	1	—	3	6-13	4-9	7-11	+38
Derrick White G	27	16	4	3	1	4	2	6-8	3-3	1-2	+29
Jrue Holiday G	25	14	1	4	3	—	—	5-8	4-5	—	+25
Jaylen Brown G	25	12	9	3	1	—	3	6-13	0-2	—	+11
Payton Pritchard G	23	19	6	4	3	—	2	7-13	5-8	—	+36
Al Horford C-F	21	—	6	4	2	—	—	0-7	0-6	—	+20
Neemias Queta C	19	8	4	—	1	2	—	4-5	—	—	+16
Sam Hauser F	18	12	2	1	—	—	—	4-7	4-7	—	+28
Luke Kornet F-C	13	2	4	2	—	—	1	1-2	—	—	+17
Jordan Walsh G	12	10	1	2	—	—	—	4-6	1-1	1-2	+17
Xavier Tillman F	9	2	—	—	2	1	—	1-1	—	—	+10

🔬 Advanced Stats

Toronto RaptorsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Scottie Barnes	Bench	31	16	41.2	31.6	-57.4	13.6
Davion Mitchell	Bench	26	9	92.2	17.2	-31.4	5.6
Jamison Battle	Bench	19	9	56.3	21.4	-53.2	6.1
Chris Boucher	Bench	14	7	44.4	21.6	-80.6	8.0
Jakob Poeltl	Bench	30	7	71.7	8.8	-31.3	17.7
Bruce Brown	Bench	19	6	38.1	17.0	-60.5	0.6
Kelly Olynyk	Bench	10	5	50.0	16.7	-101.4	3.5
Jamal Shead	Bench	25	5	25.0	20.3	-71.0	0.0
Ja'Kobe Walter	Bench	22	3	13.8	20.7	-55.3	-7.5
Ochai Agbaji	Bench	25	2	14.3	17.9	-33.0	-4.5
Garrett Temple	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
AJ Lawson	Bench	4	—	0.0	30.0	-100.0	-10.9
Jonathan Mogbo	Bench	6	—	0.0	8.3	-43.6	-3.5

Boston CelticsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jayson Tatum	Bench	29	23	64.5	30.0	+61.4	16.0
Payton Pritchard	Bench	23	19	73.1	27.8	+75.0	26.5
Derrick White	Bench	27	16	90.1	16.7	+50.3	18.4
Jrue Holiday	Bench	25	14	87.5	14.0	+48.3	18.0
Jaylen Brown	Bench	25	12	46.2	27.6	+21.6	13.8
Sam Hauser	Bench	18	12	85.7	16.3	+71.8	17.9
Jordan Walsh	Bench	12	10	72.7	28.0	+73.4	18.7
Neemias Queta	Bench	19	8	80.0	12.8	+44.5	16.7
Luke Kornet	Bench	13	2	50.0	8.3	+53.4	9.6
Xavier Tillman	Bench	9	2	100.0	5.3	+53.3	11.8
Al Horford	Bench	21	—	0.0	15.6	+48.3	5.9