The game plan from Boston coach Brad Stevens was simple: Start things off with an increased effort on defense to set an immediate tone.Jaylen Brown scored 27 points and the Celtics never trailed, rolling past the Toronto Raptors 111-89 in Game 5 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series on Monday night.“We were playing with great purpose,” Stevens said. “You could feel that from the get-go.”
Kemba Walker scored 21 for the Celtics, whose starters outscored Toronto’s starters by a whopping 93-45. Jayson Tatum scored 18, Daniel Theis and Brad Wanamaker each had 15 and Marcus Smart added 12 for Boston.Fred VanVleet scored 18 for Toronto, which trailed by as many as 30. Norman Powell scored 16 for the Raptors, while Pascal Siakam and Kyle Lowry managed 10 points apiece. Matt Thomas also had 10 for Toronto.
“I know it sounds crazy .. but I thought our offense was awesome for like the first eight minutes,“ Raptors coach Nick Nurse said. “I thought it was awesome. I don’t think those shots could have been more open.“Another big scoring run — this time, 23-7 — in the second quarter pushed Boston’s lead from 37-25 to 60-32 late in the half.
“We just didn’t play crisp enough,” Lowry said. “We didn’t look at the rim early enough in the shot clock to attack. But it happens. Now we got to watch the film and make adjustments and play for our lives.“
Nobody is watching
Next time eh.
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