Brown scores 30 as Celtics blow 23-point lead, hold on to beat Raptors 121-113

TORONTO AP Jaylen Brown scored points Derrick White scored of his in the first quarter and the Boston Celtics beat Toronto - on Sunday holding on late after blowing a -point lead in the second half Payton Pritchard scored points and Anfernee Simons had as the Celtics won their fifth straight and seventh of eight Neemias Queta added points and rebounds Brandon Ingram scored points and Scottie Barnes had points and rebounds but Toronto lost its third straight all at home The Raptors hadn t lost back-to-back home games this season before Friday s loss to Charlotte Boston led - after Pritchard s -pointer about minutes into the third quarter Toronto answered by outscoring the Celtics - over the next minutes taking its first lead of the contest on Jamal Shead s layup with remaining in the contest The Celtics hadn t trailed since the first half of Tuesday s home win over the Knicks Boston posted wire-to-wire wins at Washington on Thursday and at home to the Lakers on Friday Against Toronto back-to-back s by White and Pritchard turned a three-point deficit into a three-point Boston lead with left and the Celtics didn t trail again After making a season-high -pointers in Friday s home win over the Lakers Boston connected on of shots from long range against the Raptors The Celtics finished with two fewer made -pointer than Toronto had attempts The Raptors shot for from deep Toronto has lost five of six heading into Tuesday s NBA Cup quarterfinal matchup against New York Sandro Mamukelashvili scored points for the Raptors Ochai Agbaji and Immanuel Quickley each had points while Jakob Poeltl and AJ Lawson both had Boston outscored Toronto - in second-chance points Up next Celtics At Milwaukee on Thursday Raptors Host New York on Tuesday in the NBA Cup quarterfinals AP NBA https apnews com hub nba