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For the second time of the series, the Boston Celtics cruised to a blowout win over the Toronto Raptors after posting a 111-89 victory in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.
Toronto never seriously challenged in the contest as Boston held a 62-35 advantage at halftime and led by as many as 30 points. Jaylen Brown scored a game-high 27 points, Kemba Walker added 21 points and Jayson Tatum had 18 as the Celtics now lead the Raptors 3-2 in the series.
The Celtics’ win ensured that some of the rookies even got in on the action, too.
Grant Williams, who has been a regular in the playoff rotation, logged eight minutes of work in the victory while Romeo Langford saw the floor for three and a half minutes. Carsen Edwards and Tremont Waters each made their playoff debuts after playing for a few minutes in mop-up duty.
Tremont Waters to @grant2will 👌🏾 pic.twitter.com/bpc71OjDEL
— Boston Celtics (@celtics) September 8, 2020
With the Celtics holding championship aspirations this season, the first-year players haven’t seen much time during the postseason, with the exception of Williams. Celtics head coach Brad Stevens has often stuck with a relatively small rotation to this point with 8-10 guys playing nightly.
After winning the first two games of the series, the Celtics once again came out on top on Monday and are just one win away from returning to the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time since 2018.
Game 6 is set to tip-off Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. ET on ESPN.
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