The Boston Celtics trekked north to Canada to face the Toronto Raptors Wednesday eve, with all the expectations a contending ball club ought to have against a team like Toronto. The Raptors, after all,

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The Boston Celtics have played mostly .500-level basketball over the last month with a 7-6 record in their last 13 games. It hasn’t hurt the C’s much in the standings — they’re still second in the Eastern Conference behind the Cleveland Cavaliers — but we haven’t seen this team play at a championship level on a consistent enough basis of late.

The Celtics' recent grind continued as they dropped a disappointing, listless loss to the Raptors on Wednesday in Toronto. The C’s found themselves down double-digits just minutes into the game, though they climbed out of that initial hole in the first quarter.

Payton Pritchard had 20 points to lead the Celtics. Jayson Tatum had just 16 points and Jaylen Brown had 10, with the All-Star duo combining to make just 9 of 31 shots.

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