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Celtics can’t take Raptors’ best shots

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From the Associated Press

BOSTON -- Boston Celtics Coach Doc Rivers looked at the box score and shook his head at the Toronto Raptors’ shooting percentages.

“Fifty-eight percent [from the field]; 71% from the three; 100% from the foul line. At least the foul line wasn’t guarded,” Rivers said after the Raptors made 15 of 21 three-point attempts to beat Boston, 114-112, on Wednesday night.

“Half the guys in our league couldn’t shoot 15 for 21 if they were in a gym by themselves,” he said. “It was almost like we didn’t believe they would shoot another one.”

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Jose Calderon converted a go-ahead three-point play with 10.5 seconds left and finished with 24 points and 13 assists. Chris Bosh and Anthony Parker scored 23 points apiece, and Andrea Bargnani had 20 points, seven rebounds and seven assists for the Raptors.

The Celtics’ Eddie House missed a last-second three-point shot.

Kevin Garnett scored 26 for Boston, which had won three in a row and hadn’t lost to an Atlantic Division rival in 10 tries this season. Boston still holds an 11-game lead over second-place Toronto in the division.

Carlos Delfino was five for five from three-point range, and Parker was four for six.

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