Overview
- Payton Pritchard scored a game-high 28 points with eight assists, and Jaylen Brown added 25 points, eight rebounds and seven assists, including 12-of-13 at the line.
- Boston shot 54% from the field, 50% from three and nearly 90% on free throws, with Sam Hauser (19 points) and Derrick White (18) supplementing the attack.
- Toronto played without Brandon Ingram (thumb), Scottie Barnes (knee) and Jakob Poeltl (back) as RJ Barrett and Ja’Kobe Walter scored 19 each and Immanuel Quickley posted 17 points and 13 assists.
- RJ Barrett left late with an apparent left-ankle injury after stepping on a foot in transition, with further evaluation to come.
- The win moved Boston to 3-0 against Toronto this season and reinforced its top-three standing in the East, while Brown later disclosed he tore wrist ligaments in 2021 and has used treatments to manage it.