Celtics return home after a long road trip to beat Raptors, 120-106. This was their second meet this season and Celtics were on a 3-5 road trip in an attempt to avoid 12-12 this season while Raptors had won five of their last six matches and wanted to advance to 13-13. But Celtics again won with a double-digit margin and uncharacteristically it was not Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown leading the score but Semi Ojeleye scored a career-high 24 points with 8-of-12 shooting and Payton Pritchard on 20 points with 6-of-10 shooting.
Tatum and Brown had 17 and 12 points on the surprising event. Toronto was led by, Kyle Lowry as practice with 24 points and a strong Pascal Siakam with 23 points. Celtics were at the top of their game took an early lead right at the start with 15-2 and kept it going all the way.