The Boston Celtics dropped Game 4 of their series with the Toronto Raptors after their worst-shooting game of the season from 3-point range, going just 7-for-35 from deep for a 20% success rate.
It would be the defining feature of a contest that saw the Celtics strangely unaggressive in a critical game, the Raptors taking 11 more free throw attempts than Boston.
Put together, it was simply not enough to stop a newly-motivated Toronto franchise, the series now tied at two games a piece.
Jayson Tatum led all Celtics with 24 points and 10 rebounds, but went 1-for-6 from deep; Kemba Walker added 15 points and 8 assists, and Jaylen Brown 14 and 6 boards.
Boston has its next chance to redeem itself on Monday at 6:30 p.m. Eastern Time in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals, where they’ll hopefully play more like the team we saw earlier in this series.
Until then, if you want to see what went wrong in this game, or are just a glutton for punishment, watch the video embedded above for all of Game 4’s highlights.
