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Boston Celtics and Toronto Raptors are back and they will play each other on Monday after Milwaukee Bucks and other teams and NBA players boycotted its playoff game on Wednesday in response to the police shooting of Jacob Blake. This thing made a huge impact on American sports and the first NBA postponed games for three days and after this many other sports followed this.
NBA announced on Friday that the playoffs will resume Saturday after the league and its players agreed on its new social justice initiatives. NBA players and coaches nearly canceled the NBA playoffs but in meetings of players, coaches and owners, they decided to resume the NBA postseason.
Now Boston Celtics and Toronto Raptors will face in the Eastern Conference semifinals. Toronto Raptors are the current NBA champion and they are in good form in this bubble environment.
Both Teams won their previous series with 4-0 which means they are in very good form.
Boston Celtics Strength :
Boston Celtics have very good and one of the best young talents in the NBA like- Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, Marcus Smart and they added one of the best point guards in NBA Kemba Walker. Apart from Kemba Walker, All play defense very well.
Young Players :
Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown are both played great against Philadelphia 76ers. Particularly Marcus Smart and Jaylen Brown playing great on the defense meanwhile Jayson Tatum and Kemba Walker playing great on the offense. Jayson Tatum played a great in defense against Philadelphia 76ers.
Jayson Tatum scored 27 PPG, 9.25 RPG, 2.5 APG, 2.25 BPG, and 0.5 SPG. Jayel Brown is there on the scoring sheet with 21.5PPG, 5.75 RPG, 2.5APG, and 1 SPG. Kemba Walker added 24.25PPG with 1.25SPG, 4.25RPG, and 3.8 APG in a series against Philadelphia 76ers with + rating in all games. This is a very good number against very good teams like Philadelphia 76ers.
These 3 players are playing great basketball in recent times. Jayson Tatum's plays applaud by his teammates as he is a superstar in their team. Now he can change the mode of a game at any time on his own and he is playing great on both sides of the floor. Jaylen Brown is giving him great support from the offense and defense. Marcus Smart is always there with defense and Kemba also with his offense.
Celtics' Weakness
Bench
It looks like they don't have a great bench just like the Toronto Raptors which could give them some trouble. In a series against Nets, Toronto Raptors bench scored record-breaking 100 points in a game. If the Celtics starter failed to give a good performance against the Toronto Raptors means they are in trouble. Gordon Hayward missing games due to an injury.
Toronto Raptors' Strength
Teams Performance:
Toronto Raptors are a current NBA champion and they are playing like an NBA champion in this bubble environment. They won 11 games out of 12 in this bubble environment which is a huge boost for them. OG Anunoby playing great for Toronto Raptors in current games which is a plus point for them. Pascal Siakam is always a hidden gem for Toronto Raptors. He never comes in a limelight but he is a superstar of must needed moment for Toronto Raptors. His performance will decide the outcome of the series.
VanVleet playing great from the last season and he continued his performance till Now. Kyle Lowry is a leader of Toronto and He is doing a great job for them. Serge Ibaka doing very good for Toronto Raptors from coming off the bench.
Toronto Raptors Weakness
They have a very bad record against Boston Celtics in a regular season. In a bubble environment, they only lost one game and it was against Boston Celtics. They lost 3 games against Boston Celtics in a regular season. Injury of Kyle Lowry can affect their games in the upcoming series.
Regular Season's Games :
1. Boston Celtics 112 - Toronto Raptors 106 2. Boston Celtics 118 - Toronto Raptors 102 3. Boston Celtics 97 - Toronto Raptors 113 4. Boston Celtics 122 - 100 Toronto Raptors.
Celtics got an edge over Toronto and they have upper hand over Toronto to win a Semifinals of the Eastern Conference.
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