Celtics ‘happy with the result’ of excellent team effort late needed to secure 109 – 97 win over Raptors, per Ime Udoka

Udoka was pleased with how the team dug deep to close out the road contest.

Throughout many of the games in the Boston Celtics’ 2021-22 NBA season so far, the fourth quarter of most games have not been a quarter the team has played particularly well in — at least, before Sunday night’s road tilt against the Toronto Raptors, anyhow.

In that contest, Boston kept their composure and found a way to play together as a team to secure a 109 – 97 win over the Raptors despite neither of their star wings Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum having a particularly strong night on offense. That the team kept it together and won as a team was not lost on head coach Ime Udoka after the game.

“We talked about it in the timeout, I think when we went up 13 (midway through the final frame),” explained Udoka.