The Boston Celtics hosted the Toronto Raptors for their second of four preseason exhibition games on Wednesday night, the last home tilt in the slate of friendlies ahead of the Celtics’ 2022-23 campaign.
Boston jumped out to an early lead, but the Raptors fought back, clawing back into striking range by the time the Celtics sat their starters, forcing overtime and ultimately beating Boston 125-119 on overtime. Despite the poor showing from several deep rotation players, Jaylen Brown (23 points) led all scorers, and Sam Hauser continued lighting up the league from deep off the bench with 22 points on 5-of-8 shooting from deep.
Let’s take a look at what NBA and Celtics Twitter had to say about the exhibition loss.
Boston has retired 24 jersey numbers – these are the players so honored https://t.co/hxXsv4sl1U
— The Celtics Wire (@TheCelticsWire) October 5, 2022