Kyle Lowry scored 30 points and registered seven assists Saturday night for the visiting Toronto Raptors, who never trailed in a Christmas Day loss to the Boston Celtics with a 113-97 win in Boston. Patrick McCaw had 18 points, seven rebounds and a game-high eight assists for the Raptors, while Fred VanVleet also scored 18 points. Kemba Walker scored 30 points for the Celtics, who had their five-game winning streak snapped. McCaw’s layup gave the Raptors the lead for good and began a quarter-ending 19-8 run in which Ibaka scored seven points. The Celtics scored nine in a row to pull within 70-67 with 6:35 left, before the Raptors responded with eight straight over the next 90 seconds.

Source: National Post December 29, 2019 02:37 UTC