Toronto Raptors suffered their first defeat since the NBA restarted in Orlando, losing to former NBA Champions, Boston Celtics by 122-100 after the latter stunned the defending champions when both teams clashed in the bubble.
It was a winning streak that stretched back to 157 days, and it would have been five wins on the bounce for Raptors if they had managed to beat a well-drilled Celtics side that never gave them room to settle.
Brad Wannamaker’s two free throws opened up a 10pt lead for Celtics in the 1st quarter, expectedly Raptors tried to fight back but hard as they tried, a rejuvenated Boston stretched it further to go into the break with a 15pts lead.
American-born Nigerian player, Semi Ojeleye was on the court for just but still double digits for Celtics, making 11pts in the game. Ojeleye attempted five outside shots with a 66.7% conversion rate that saw him make three of those 3pt shots.
Ojeleye had a very impressive game despite just playing in the 4th quarter, also contributing an assist and one rebound in the game.
For Raptors, it was a game for most of their star players to forget. Although it wasn’t a good game by his standards, Cameroon’s Pascal Siakam still made 11pts in the game. Ogugua Anunoby was on the court for 18mins: 18s, making three points for the Raptors.
Boston’s display today has shown that they are a compact team, and they showed what they could do on Wednesday in their blowout win against Brooklyn Nets.
