Celtics crush Raptors 111-89 in Game 5 and took 3-2 lead in Eastern conference semi-final 7 game series.Celtics can close the series on Wednesday by winning Game 6 and they don’t want to extend the series to 7 games against Champions.
Celtics come with a intent to win vital game 5 win over defending NBA champions,Raptors needs to win remaining last two games of the series to stay alive in playoffs, else there will be a new champion crowned this year.
Jaylen Brown leads all-scorers for the night with 27 points on 10 of 18 shooting from the field.He also grabbed 6 rebounds and 3 steals.Kemba Walker finishes the game with 21 points(8 of 15), 7 Assists and 4 boards.All-star Jayson Tatum once again struggled from the floor(33.3%),he managed to score 18 points on 5 of 15 shooting.
After game 4 struggles from three point range (20 % from 3 point range), Celtics as a team shot 32.4 % from the deep.And their defense restricted Raptors to 38.3% from the field and 30% from 3 point line.
Fred VanVleet scores 18 points on 6 of 14 shooting from the field along with 5 assists.Norman Powell scores 16 points of the bench on 4 of 11 shooting from the deep.
Raptors all-stars ,Pascal Siakam, Kyle Lowry and Marc Gasol needs to setp up in game 6 to save their season. They have been very poor in this series so far.
