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Score Updates, Highlights & Analysis – NBC Sports Boston
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Score Updates, Highlights & Analysis – NBC Sports Boston

What you need to know

  • Stay with NBC Sports Boston after the final buzzer Celtics Postgame Live with Tom Giles, Eddie House and Chris Forsberg.
  • The Celtics have a 10-3 record in second place in the Eastern Conference. The Raptors have a league-worst 2-11 record.
  • Jrue Holiday (knee) will miss his first game of the season.
  • Raptors players Scottie Barnes, Bruce Brown, Kelly Olynyk and Immanuel Quickley are all out due to injury.

The Boston Celtics got back in the win column on Wednesday night with a 139-114 win over the Brooklyn Nets on the road. Can the C’s pull off back-to-back wins on Saturday night at TD Garden?

You have to like the Celtics’ chances because their opponent, the Toronto Raptors, enters this game with the NBA’s worst record: 2-11. The Raptors have lost six straight games and nine of their last 10. They are in the second night of a back-to-back after losing 99-95 at home to the Detroit Pistons on Friday. Toronto has also been hit hard by injuries and will be without its best player, Scottie Barnes.

The Celtics will be without starting point guard Jrue Holiday due to left knee tendinopathy. It will be the first game he misses this season.

Follow our Celtics-Raptors live blog below for score updates, video highlights, injury news, analysis and more.