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Boston Celticsdecimated by injuries, prevailed this Sunday against Memphis Grizzlies in a very close match in which the triples were decisive: 21 for the locals against 12 for the visitors. In addition, in the other party of the day, Toronto Raptors he beat Detroit Pistons for the slightest difference.
CELTICS 119 – GRIZZLIES 109
With the victory over the Grizzlies, the Celtics chained their fourth consecutive victory and remain leaders of the Eastern Conference with a record of 41 wins and 16 losses. Memphis, for its part, is second in the West with 34 and 22.
For the locals, Derrick White had a double-double of 23 points and 10 assistsplus 3 rebounds, while Robert Williams III scored another double-double of 10 points and 16 reboundswith 3 assists and 1 steal.
Six other Celtics scored 10 or more points: Sam Hauser (20), Al Horford (16 points and 9 rebounds), Jayson Tatum (16), Payton Prichard (12), Grant Williams (10) and Mike Muscala (10).
For the visitors, Ja Morant scored 25 points and had 6 rebounds and 7 assists. Desmond Bane had 18 points, Jaren Jackson Jr 15, Brandon Clarke 14 and Dillon Brooks 11.
The Spanish Santi Aldama played 27.30 minutes for 9 points, 7 rebounds, one assist, one steal and 2 blocks.
Boston did not count due to injuries to some of its usual starters such as Jaylen Brown, Malcolm Brogdon and Marcus Smart as well as Italian Danilo Gallinari.
RAPTORS 119 – PISTONS 118
Fred VanVleet scored 35 points and thus registered 30 or more for the ninth time in the seasonwhile Pascal Siakam added 28 units for the Raptors to defeat the Pistons 119-118 to get their fourth victory in five games.
Scottie Barnes had 20 points and Precious Achiuwa chipped in with 11 points and 11 rebounds in Toronto’s second straight win over Detroit after losing the previous six games.
Bojan Bogdanovic had 33 points, Alec Burks had 21, and Hamidou Diallo and Jaden Ivey each scored 18 for the Pistons.
