Celtics in 2-0 series lead

Celtics in 2-0 series lead

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Celtics in 2-0 series lead

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The Celtics heart and soul shoots Boston back into the game 102-99 night win in Orlando.

After squandering an eight-point fourth-quarter lead, the Raptors had a chance to tie it up late. They went to their lead scorer Pascal Siakam in the final seconds, hoping to erase a three-point Celtics lead, but Siakam's foot was one size too big. As he turned tried to maneuver in the left corner, his foot came down just out of bounds,

The team is going to have to rally out of a 2-0 series deficit for the second year in a row after falling 

Toronto was much-improved after a horrendous performance in the series opener and actually built up a 12-point lead at one point, but the tough Celtics kept coming, kept grinding it out before their backcourt of Marcus Smart and Kemba Walker heated up with 27 of their 34 points in the fourth quarter.

Smart had 19 points, all but one coming from behind the arc, Jayson Tatum notched a playoff career high 34, Walker had 17 – 11 in the fourth – and the Raptors again struggled mightily with their shooting.