Celtics-Raptors recap: C's wrap up 2024 with blowout victory

Jrue Holiday chatted with NBC Sports Boston's Abby Chin after notching 14 points, four assists, and three steals in his return from a three-game absence:

Eddie House and our Celtics Postgame Live crew react to Boston pulling off the second-largest victory in franchise history:

Score: 107-59 Celtics, 6:14 left in fourth quarter

The Celtics have their largest lead of the season and will look to finish this one off with their widest margin of victory. They'll cruise to their 10th straight win over Toronto.

Jayson Tatum has a team-high 23 points for Boston. Payton Pritchard has 19 points on 5-of-8 shooting from 3-point range.

It's Pritchard's 15th game this season with five or more 3s. The Celtics record for an entire season is 18.

Score: 90-53 Celtics

We should see the Celtics' bench emptied in the fourth quarter as they take a 37-point lead into the final frame.

Boston shot 10-for-12 from 3-point range in the third quarter. Payton Pritchard (17 points) leads the group with five 3s. Jayson Tatum (23 points) and Jrue Holiday (14 points) both have four 3s. Derrick White is 3-for-3 from deep.

Score: 74-48 Celtics, 4:21 left in third quarter

The C's are running away with this one. They're outscoring the Raptors 29-13 in the third quarter.

Five Celtics are in double figures. Jayson Tatum, Derrick White, and Payton Pritchard lead the group with 15 points apiece.

Pritchard is 5-of-8 from 3-point range.

Score: 61-44 Celtics, 7:26 left in third quarter

Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown have heated up to start the second half. They're up to 13 and 10 points, respectively. Tatum has six rebounds and Brown has nine (four offensive).

Derrick White has a game-high 15 points.

Score: 45-35 Celtics

The Raptors finished the first half 6-for-9 from 3-point range after starting 0-for-14 from deep. Still, the Celtics have a 10-point lead thanks to strong starts by Derrick White (12 points, 5-7 FG), and Payton Pritchard (12 points, 4-7 3-PT).

Jrue Holiday drilled a buzzer-beater 3 to end the half and keep Boston up by double-digits.

Derrick White continues to solidify himself as the NBA's best shot-blocking guard. He logged the 400th block of his career during the first half of Tuesday's game:

Score: 28-12 Celtics, 8:52 left in second quarter

Payton Pritchard has nine points on 3-of-4 shooting from deep in eight minutes off the bench. The Raptors, meanwhile, are 0-for-14 from long range.

Score: 23-12 Celtics

After a slow start, the C's have taken control of this game with a dominant finish to a first quarter that included a 14-2 run.

Celtics guard Derrick White has a game-high 10 points on 4-of-5 shooting. Payton Pritchard added a pair of 3s off the bench.

The Raptors are just 5-for-23 from the floor and 0-for-12 from 3-point range. Twelve points is the fewest allowed by the Celtics in a quarter this season.

Score: 10-6 Celtics, 5:15 left in first quarter

The Celtics seem to have woken up since the last timeout. They've taken the early lead with help from Jrue Holiday and Derrick White 3-pointers. White added a layup on a fastbreak just before the Raptors timeout.

Score: 3-2 Raptors, 7:34 left in first quarter

If you took the over, we have bad news.

It took the Celtics almost four-and-a-half minutes to make their first shot of the game. They're 1-for-9 from the floor, including 0-for-6 from 3-point range.

The Raptors are 1-of-7 from the floor and 0-for-5 from deep.

Celtics: Jrue Holiday, Derrick White, Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum, Al Horford.

Raptors: Scottie Barnes, Ja'Kobe Walter, Davion Mitchell, Ochai Agbagi, Jacob Poeltl.

"That is the most profound statement, in my three years, is what you just said."

Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla enthusiastically answered a question before Tuesday's game about effort on the defensive end:

Jrue Holiday will return to the Celtics lineup after missing the last three games with a right shoulder impingement. Kristaps Porzingis remains out with a left ankle sprain.