Boston Celtics: 3 keys to victory over the surging Toronto Raptors

Tonight, the Boston Celtics will be squaring off against the defending champion Toronto Raptors in what should be an extremely competitive exhibition.

After putting out the fire that had apparently risen underneath the Brooklyn Nets’ impressive two-game win-streak, the Boston Celtics find themselves going up against another surging squad in the Toronto Raptors.

Since coming into the Disney bubble, the defending world champions have been extremely menacing, as they currently have an undefeated record during the early stages of the season’s resumption. The Cs, on the other hand, have seemingly struggled just to come across a .500 record, which has been a tad worrisome given the amount of star talent and potential they have on their roster.

Though Wednesday night’s 34 point blowout victory over the Nets (149-115 was the final score) was in fact a welcoming sight to see, given Brooklyn’s injury woes of late, in the grand scheme of things, it really didn’t mean much.

Their matchup against Toronto, however… well that’s a different story.

Currently four games and one seed above the Celtics, the Raptors come into tonight’s game as relative favorites. However, we’ve seen Boston pull out their fair share of upsets during the 2019-20 season and, thus, we obviously believe they have a realistic shot of coming away with another win during these seeding games to thrust them towards their first winning streak since March.

It won’t be easy, as Toronto is obviously a very talented team, but should they adhere to these three keys, we could come into tomorrow talking about how the Boston Celtics are finally back to where they were prior to the hiatus.

Without further adieu, here are three keys to help Beantown attain victory number 46: