The Boston Celtics routed the Toronto Raptors, while the Cleveland Cavaliers continued their winning streak against the Los Angeles Lakers. Both teams secured impressive victories on the last day of 2024.
Jayson Tatum scored 18 of his 23 points in Boston's dominant third quarter, and the Celtics routed Toronto, 125-71, on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila), extending the Raptors ' losing streak to 11 games.The Celtics outscored the Raptors , 45-18, in the third, using an onslaught of three-pointers to pull away and close out 2024 with a blowout. Boston made 10 of 12 shots from beyond the arc in the period.
Tatum hit four 3s, and Jrue Holiday and Sam Hauser each hit two as Boston shot 74 percent for the period.Holiday returned after missing three games with a right shoulder injury, finishing with 14 points. Payton Pritchard scored 19, Derrick White had 16 and Hauser finished with 12 points. Jaylen Brown added 12 points and nine rebounds in the win.Scottie Barnes led Toronto with 16 points and 13 rebounds. Jakob Poeltl grabbed 13 rebounds for the Raptors, who went 2-11 in the month of December.In Los Angeles, Jarrett Allen scored a season-high 27 points, Donovan Mitchell added 26, and the Cleveland Cavaliers won their eighth straight, defeating the Los Angeles Lakers and spoiling LeBron James' first game after turning 40.James, who celebrated his birthday on Monday, scored 23 points as he became the first player in NBA history to appear in a game in his teens and 40s. Coincidentally, the milestone game came against the team that drafted James first overall in 2020 and where he spent 12 seasons in two stints.The Akron, Ohio native helped lead the Cavaliers to their first NBA championship in 2016.Evan Mobley added 20 points for Cleveland, which enters the new year with an NBA-best 29-4 record, including a 9-0 against the Western Conference.Austin Reaves had a season-high 35 points with 10 assists and nine rebounds for the Lakers. Anthony Davis added 28 points and 13 rebounds.Los Angeles goes into 2025 with an 18-14 mark, seventh in the Western Conference
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