Boston Celtics came out and took control of the game @ the beginning of the game with 29 points in the first quarter and then came out @ halftime and put up another 29 points in the third quarter while the Raptors scored 30 points total in the two opening quarters (14 in the first, 16 in third) and that was the game.
In the first quarter Rondo put up 13 points and Garnett put up 8 points to set the pace for the Celtic while Pierce had 4 assists and 4 boards and then in the third quarter Brandon Bass had 8 points in the quarter while Allen made two threes. While Rondo had 6 points in the quarter before he left the game after a very hard foul from Kleiza when Rondo was off the ground going for a slam and Kleiza gave him an elbow and hit the court hard and left the game and could of come back into the game but the Celtics were up 73-55 after three quarters. Rondo had 21 points, Garnett had 15 points and 7 boards, and Brandon Bass had 13 points and 9 boards as the starters played three quarters and after three quarters Celtics shot 49 %.
The Raptors did have a fight back quarter in the second the Raptors outscored the Celtics 24-15 and were down only six @ halftime 44-38 lead by DeMar DeRozan had 7 points and Gary Forbes had 6 points in the quarter. The Raptors in the fourth quarter throw the ball away 6 times while they throw away the ball 10 times in the first three quarters and the Raptors lost by 23 points 96-73 and the Raps leading scorer was Gary Forbes who had 17 points (7 of 8 from the line) while DeMar went 4 of 16 from the floor and ended up with 11 points and Barbosa was 3 of 7 from the floor with 6 points. Ed Davis had 9 boards in the game and had 9 points and the Celtics out rebounded the Raptors 45-38 in the game.
It was sad to not have Andrea Bargnani in the lineup as nobody else can put up numbers
Tom Mehegan
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