Boston visits the Chicago Bulls Friday night.
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Lowry was trying to save a loose ball early in the first quarter and toppled out of bounds. He landed on top of the woman, who was sitting in the first row and didnt appear to be hurt. “We just want to make sure Dwyane is not taking steps back but he had a great day of rest and therapy (Thursday), the whole shoot around and afterwards he worked on it. And all afternoon he got some more treatment and felt like he could give it a go”. Toronto (27-15) is riding a six-game win streak.
Eastern Conference squads go head on at the Air Canada Centre as the Toronto Raptors host the Miami Heat in the regular season of the National Basketball Association.
Celtics put together a decent night offensively, but were unable to hold on against the hot-shooting Raptors. DeRozan scored 30 points on 10-of-17 shooting.
For the Celtics, 3-pointers are like heat in the winter or rain in a long drought. These are the types of plays that should count for no other reason than how awesome they are.
Houston hit 15 of 44 3-pointers. He added two rebounds and an assist and is averaging 11.4 points over his last five games.
The Celtics tied the game 105-105 on a Bradley jump shot with 3:20 left. The Raptors came up with some clutch late-game shots and the Celtics could not answer. It has rarely been blown out, but also hasn’t stomped on opponents.
A running lay-up by Thomas reduced the lead to two points.
The Celtics closed the first half on a 10-2 run and took a 62-56 lead into halftime. Lee has been in and out of the rotation all year long and is now out as he hasn’t played in the Celtics last six games.
The duo hooked up on a few alley-oops during the game as Jordan didnt have to work hard to improve his NBA-leading field-goal percentage to 72.1 percent.
NEW YORK – Los Angeles defeated New York for the seventh straight time. Justise Winslow is grabbing 4.6 rebounds and Beno Udrih is dishing 2.8 assists. It was the third time in as many games that DeRozan has topped 30 points.
“We gave up 75 points in the first (quarter) and third, so we weren’t small all the time they were scoring in the paint”, Stevens told reporters.
But Trevor Ariza made a pair of free throws after that to secure the victory.
Luis Scola chipped in with 18 points and Kyle Lowry added 14 for the Raptors. Dwyane Wade (shoulders), Luol Deng (eye), Hassan Whiteside (strained left oblique muscle) and Goran Dragic (strained left calf) are out.
Last season it took a late charge and incessant social media campaign for Lowry to secure his starting spot, awarded by fan voting, and history repeated itself.
So Toronto’s streak hits seven and DeRozan proved again why it’s a certainty he’ll get his due when the All-Star reserves are announced Thursday.
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Miami briefly cut the lead to a single digit with four minutes left in the game at 88-79.
