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Irving posts 43 points, 11 assists to lead Celtics past Raptors in OT

BOSTON — Kyrie Irving had 11 straight Boston points down the stretch and scored 17 in all in the last 8:06 of the fourth quarter.

Then in overtime, he really turned it on.

The Celtics guard made or assisted on every basket in the extra period, finishing with 11 assists and a season-high 43 points on Friday to lead Boston to a 123-116 victory over the Toronto Raptors.

“Man, he made some shots tonight where you’re just like, ‘Wow,’ “ forward Gordon Hayward said. “You catch yourself being a fan. When he gets into that mode, the whole arena knew where we were going, and so did the Raptors. They just couldn’t stop him.”

It was the first time Irving has scored at least 40 points with 10 or more assists in a game. He was the first player to do it in the NBA this year, and the first Celtics player since Antoine Walker in 2001.

“Kyrie did a great job in the fourth quarter knocking down shots,” said Kawhi Leonard, who scored 31 points and had a season-high 15 rebounds for Toronto. “We fought hard tonight, they played a better game and we’ve just got to keep playing better.”

Jayson Tatum had 21 points and seven rebounds for the Celtics, who evened the season series at one game apiece against the only team to finish above them in the Eastern Conference last season. The home team has won nine straight matchups.

Serge Ibaka scored 21 and Pascal Siakam had 16 points and nine rebounds for the Raptors, who have lost three straight since opening the season with 12 victories in their first 13 games. Toronto never led in overtime.

“It was just a veteran game out there, just great competition for a Friday night in the NBA,” Irving said. “You’ve got to appreciate that, two great teams going at it. And I’m pretty sure we’ll see them down the road.”

Hayward scored 15 points and had five rebounds and five assists in a team-high 39 minutes — by far his biggest workload since the injury that knocked him out in the first quarter of the first game last season.

“I was wondering if they were going to take me out of the game,” he said. “Happy that he left me in. It felt good to play that many minutes. It’s been such a long time. It was a good confidence-builder.”

Toronto led by eight early in the fourth quarter and still had a 107-103 lead with 90 seconds left. But Tatum dunked to cut the deficit to two points and Siakam was called for pushing while going for a rebound, sending Hayward to the line for the game-tying free throws.

Leonard had a chance to win it at the end of regulation, but his long jumper went off the rim.

“The main thing is we’re going to hold it until the very last shot so that nothing bad happens and they can’t get a rebound and call a timeout,” Raptors coach Nick Nurse said. “It’s just man on man and you hope your guy can make the basket and we have a lot of faith in him that he can.”

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NBA SUMMARIES

Pacers 99, Heat 91

MIAMI (91)

McGruder 5-11 0-0 11, Winslow 2-8 0-0 5, Whiteside 6-15 0-0 12, Dragic 3-8 2-4 8, Richardson 10-16 1-1 28, Olynyk 0-7 0-0 0, Adebayo 3-7 2-3 8, T.Johnson 3-11 2-2 10, Ellington 3-10 0-0 9. Totals 35-93 7-10 91.

INDIANA (99)

Bogdanovic 6-10 2-2 16, Young 3-7 0-0 6, Turner 4-11 3-4 12, Collison 1-7 1-2 4, Oladipo 3-12 0-0 8, McDermott 1-3 0-0 3, Sabonis 7-10 1-1 15, Joseph 5-8 0-0 12, Evans 6-13 6-6 23. Totals 36-81 13-15 99.

Miami 27 16 24 24–91

Indiana 18 32 22 27–99

3-Point Goals–Miami 14-36 (Richardson 7-10, Ellington 3-9, T.Johnson 2-4, McGruder 1-3, Winslow 1-5, Olynyk 0-2, Dragic 0-3), Indiana 14-27 (Evans 5-7, Joseph 2-3, Bogdanovic 2-4, Oladipo 2-5, Collison 1-1, Turner 1-3, McDermott 1-3, Young 0-1). Fouled Out–None. Rebounds–Miami 51 (Whiteside 17), Indiana 47 (Sabonis 12). Assists–Miami 21 (Winslow 6), Indiana 22 (Oladipo, Joseph 5). Total Fouls–Miami 16, Indiana 14. A–17,923 (20,000).

Timberwolves 112

Trail Blazers 96

PORTLAND (96)

Layman 1-5 2-4 4, Aminu 1-7 2-2 5, Nurkic 5-8 3-4 13, Lillard 5-18 5-6 16, McCollum 8-16 1-2 18, Leonard 4-6 0-0 10, Swanigan 0-1 0-0 0, Collins 2-5 0-0 5, Stauskas 4-5 0-0 8, Simons 3-7 1-2 7, Turner 0-3 0-0 0, Trent Jr. 3-5 0-0 8, Baldwin IV 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 37-88 14-20 96.

MINNESOTA (112)

Covington 5-7 0-0 14, Gibson 6-10 0-0 12, Towns 6-15 0-0 14, Teague 5-10 1-2 13, Wiggins 9-21 2-2 23, Nunnally 0-0 0-0 0, Saric 3-9 2-2 9, Dieng 3-4 0-1 6, Rose 7-13 3-4 17, Jones 2-2 0-0 4, Okogie 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 46-92 8-11 112.

Portland 21 22 24 29 — 96

Minnesota 29 26 28 29 –112

3-Point Goals–Portland 8-29 (Leonard 2-2, Trent Jr. 2-2, Collins 1-2, McCollum 1-4, Aminu 1-5, Lillard 1-7, Stauskas 0-1, Turner 0-1, Baldwin IV 0-1, Simons 0-2, Layman 0-2), Minnesota 12-28 (Covington 4-6, Wiggins 3-8, Teague 2-3, Towns 2-4, Saric 1-5, Rose 0-1, Okogie 0-1). Fouled Out–None. Rebounds–Portland 48 (Nurkic 11), Minnesota 43 (Towns 9). Assists–Portland 16 (Lillard 5), Minnesota 28 (Teague 7). Total Fouls–Portland 14, Minnesota 16. Technicals–Minnesota coach Timberwolves (Defensive three second). A–18,978 (19,356).

Celtics 123, Raptors 116, OT

TORONTO (116)

Leonard 11-25 9-11 31, Siakam 6-11 4-6 16, Ibaka 8-15 3-3 21, Lowry 3-12 7-8 14, Green 4-10 0-0 11, Anunoby 2-3 0-0 5, Valanciunas 5-8 1-1 11, Wright 3-7 0-0 7, VanVleet 0-6 0-0 0. Totals 42-97 24-29 116.

BOSTON (123)

Tatum 8-13 3-4 21, Hayward 4-8 6-6 15, Horford 5-9 0-0 11, Irving 18-26 4-6 43, J.Brown 3-11 0-0 7, Morris 4-8 2-3 11, Baynes 1-3 4-4 6, Smart 2-5 1-1 5, Rozier 2-6 0-0 4. Totals 47-89 20-24 123.

Toronto 27 25 30 25 9 –116

Boston 30 24 24 29 16 –123

3-Point Goals–Toronto 8-29 (Green 3-7, Ibaka 2-3, Wright 1-2, Anunoby 1-2, Lowry 1-6, Leonard 0-3, VanVleet 0-6), Boston 9-26 (Irving 3-6, Tatum 2-4, Morris 1-2, Horford 1-2, Hayward 1-4, J.Brown 1-5, Rozier 0-1, Smart 0-2). Fouled Out–Siakam, Green. Rebounds–Toronto 43 (Leonard 15), Boston 46 (Horford 9). Assists–Toronto 20 (Lowry 7), Boston 25 (Irving 11). Total Fouls–Toronto 23, Boston 23. A–18,624 (18,624).

76ers 113, Jazz 107

UTAH (107)

Ingles 6-12 0-0 14, Favors 5-5 3-6 13, Gobert 5-10 2-4 12, Rubio 4-8 4-9 13, Mitchell 13-35 4-7 31, Crowder 2-7 5-6 9, Sefolosha 1-1 0-0 2, O’Neale 1-1 0-0 2, Udoh 0-0 0-0 0, Exum 3-7 1-2 7, Burks 1-2 2-3 4. Totals 41-88 21-37 107.

PHILADELPHIA (113)

Butler 12-15 2-5 28, Chandler 1-3 0-0 2, Embiid 7-20 8-9 23, Simmons 4-9 2-5 10, Redick 5-9 5-7 16, Muscala 3-7 0-0 9, Johnson 4-9 1-2 11, Fultz 2-5 2-4 6, Shamet 2-4 0-0 6, Korkmaz 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 41-82 20-32 113.

Utah 24 28 32 23 –107

Philadelphia 38 16 32 27 –113

3-Point Goals–Utah 4-22 (Ingles 2-5, Rubio 1-2, Mitchell 1-11, Burks 0-1, Crowder 0-3), Philadelphia 11-23 (Muscala 3-5, Johnson 2-3, Butler 2-3, Shamet 2-4, Redick 1-3, Embiid 1-4, Chandler 0-1). Fouled Out–None. Rebounds–Utah 39 (Gobert 10), Philadelphia 41 (Simmons 8). Assists–Utah 15 (Rubio, Exum 4), Philadelphia 25 (Simmons 8). Total Fouls–Utah 25, Philadelphia 27. Technicals–Embiid. A–20,485 (20,478).

Nets 115, Wizards 104

BROOKLYN (115)

Harris 3-9 2-2 9, Dudley 2-4 0-0 5, Allen 5-11 6-8 16, Russell 8-16 6-8 23, Crabbe 2-8 1-1 6, Carroll 3-10 4-4 11, Kurucs 4-8 0-0 9, Davis 1-3 1-1 3, Napier 2-7 4-5 8, Dinwiddie 8-13 6-9 25, Musa 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 38-90 30-38 115.

WASHINGTON (104)

Porter Jr. 3-10 2-2 8, Morris 2-5 0-0 4, Howard 9-13 7-10 25, Wall 6-19 3-4 16, Beal 8-19 3-4 20, Brown Jr. 0-1 0-0 0, Green 2-5 2-2 6, Oubre Jr. 5-6 7-8 18, Mahinmi 0-3 3-4 3, Satoransky 2-3 0-0 4, Rivers 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 37-87 27-34 104.

Brooklyn 26 30 35 24 –115

Washington 30 24 25 25 –104

3-Point Goals–Brooklyn 9-33 (Dinwiddie 3-5, Kurucs 1-2, Dudley 1-3, Russell 1-4, Carroll 1-5, Harris 1-6, Crabbe 1-6, Napier 0-2), Washington 3-17 (Oubre Jr. 1-2, Beal 1-3, Wall 1-5, Morris 0-1, Mahinmi 0-1, Rivers 0-1, Green 0-1, Porter Jr. 0-3). Fouled Out–Howard, Allen. Rebounds–Brooklyn 47 (Allen 12), Washington 47 (Howard 17). Assists–Brooklyn 19 (Dinwiddie 8), Washington 18 (Wall 7). Total Fouls–Brooklyn 24, Washington 23. Technicals–Wall. A–15,102 (20,356).

Pelicans 129, Knicks 124

NEW YORK (124)

Trier 4-11 2-2 11, Knox 4-9 0-1 11, Robinson 3-6 1-2 7, Mudiay 8-12 1-2 19, Hardaway Jr. 9-23 8-10 30, Vonleh 2-5 0-0 4, Kanter 3-5 2-2 8, Burke 10-13 3-5 24, Ntilikina 2-6 0-0 4, Dotson 3-8 0-0 6. Totals 48-98 17-24 124.

NEW ORLEANS (129)

Moore 6-11 0-0 13, Davis 16-25 10-15 43, Mirotic 4-11 2-2 12, Payton 0-3 0-0 0, Holiday 9-18 3-3 24, Miller 1-6 0-0 3, Johnson 2-4 0-0 5, Randle 7-10 5-8 19, Jackson 2-3 1-2 6, Clark 1-8 2-2 4. Totals 48-99 23-32 129.

New York 32 32 32 28 –124

New Orleans 16 38 34 41 –129

3-Point Goals–New York 11-34 (Hardaway Jr. 4-12, Knox 3-6, Mudiay 2-3, Burke 1-2, Trier 1-4, Vonleh 0-2, Dotson 0-2, Ntilikina 0-3), New Orleans 10-34 (Holiday 3-5, Mirotic 2-8, Jackson 1-2, Johnson 1-3, Moore 1-3, Davis 1-4, Miller 1-6, Clark 0-1, Randle 0-2). Fouled Out–None. Rebounds–New York 44 (Hardaway Jr. 8), New Orleans 54 (Davis 17). Assists–New York 15 (Trier 5), New Orleans 27 (Holiday 10). Total Fouls–New York 31, New Orleans 25. A–14,717 (16,867).

Grizzlies 112, Kings 104

SACRAMENTO (104)

Shumpert 4-9 1-1 12, Bjelica 2-7 2-2 8, Cauley-Stein 5-9 1-3 11, Fox 8-17 6-8 23, Hield 6-12 2-2 16, Bagley III 1-3 5-6 7, Giles III 2-2 0-0 4, Mason 1-3 1-2 3, Bogdanovic 5-10 0-0 12, Williams 3-8 0-0 8. Totals 37-80 18-24 104.

MEMPHIS (112)

Anderson 1-4 0-0 2, Jackson Jr. 11-16 4-6 27, Gasol 7-12 3-5 19, Conley 7-16 4-8 19, Temple 5-6 1-1 14, Casspi 2-3 1-2 6, Mack 3-8 1-1 9, M.Brooks 2-8 1-1 6, Selden 5-12 0-0 10. Totals 43-85 15-24 112.

Sacramento 28 23 27 26 –104

Memphis 29 33 25 25 –112

3-Point Goals–Sacramento 12-33 (Shumpert 3-6, Bogdanovic 2-4, Hield 2-4, Bjelica 2-5, Williams 2-6, Fox 1-5, Bagley III 0-1, Mason 0-2), Memphis 11-25 (Temple 3-4, Mack 2-5, Gasol 2-6, Jackson Jr. 1-1, Casspi 1-1, M.Brooks 1-2, Conley 1-4, Selden 0-2). Fouled Out–Shumpert. Rebounds–Sacramento 42 (Williams, Cauley-Stein 8), Memphis 40 (Gasol 15). Assists–Sacramento 23 (Fox 10), Memphis 24 (Mack 8). Total Fouls–Sacramento 24, Memphis 23. A–13,811 (18,119).

Bucks 123, Bulls 104

CHICAGO (104)

Holiday 7-12 0-0 20, Parker 9-19 0-0 21, Carter Jr. 6-8 0-0 12, Arcidiacono 1-6 0-0 3, LaVine 6-20 2-3 15, Hutchison 0-3 3-4 3, Felicio 0-2 0-0 0, R.Lopez 2-5 1-2 5, Payne 0-0 2-2 2, Blakeney 8-14 0-0 18, Harrison 2-5 1-2 5. Totals 41-94 9-13 104.

MILWAUKEE (123)

Middleton 9-15 3-3 23, Antetokounmpo 8-15 5-9 23, B.Lopez 5-10 0-0 14, Bledsoe 10-13 2-3 25, Brogdon 5-12 0-0 13, Ilyasova 0-1 1-2 1, Wood 1-4 0-0 2, Maker 3-10 0-0 9, Dellavedova 0-0 0-0 0, Brown 0-1 0-0 0, Connaughton 1-4 0-0 2, Snell 5-7 0-0 11, Morris 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 47-93 11-17 123.

Chicago 40 23 17 24 –104

Milwaukee 27 18 46 32 –123

3-Point Goals–Chicago 13-33 (Holiday 6-9, Parker 3-6, Blakeney 2-4, LaVine 1-5, Arcidiacono 1-6, Felicio 0-1, Hutchison 0-2), Milwaukee 18-43 (B.Lopez 4-8, Bledsoe 3-5, Brogdon 3-5, Maker 3-7, Antetokounmpo 2-4, Middleton 2-6, Snell 1-3, Ilyasova 0-1, Brown 0-1, Connaughton 0-3). Fouled Out–None. Rebounds–Chicago 36 (Parker 8), Milwaukee 55 (Antetokounmpo 13). Assists–Chicago 22 (LaVine, Holiday, Carter Jr. 4), Milwaukee 28 (Middleton 8). Total Fouls–Chicago 15, Milwaukee 14. Technicals–Parker. A–17,341 (17,500).

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