Jaylen Brown pulled off an incredible step back move on Scottie Barnes during the Celtics' win over the Raptors on Sunday afternoon.

The Celtics won their fifth straight Sunday in Toronto, taking down the Raptors to vault into third place in the Eastern Conference.

Before this season, Boston Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla had never really had a reputation as a developmental coach in the NBA, however unfairly. Mazzulla, after all, came up through the Celtics organization as an assistant with the Maine Red Claws (now,

Gonzalez gave another glimpse of a promising future as he had a career-high 14 points and five rebounds, shooting 6-for-7 from the field against Washington. The rookie will dish out some highlights, too, including a chase-down block on Cam Whitmore in the first quarter. Those are the types of plays where he just breathes life into the game.

Austin Reaves finishes with 36 points, but the Lakers can't overcome the absences of Luka Doncic and LeBron James in a 126-105 loss to the Boston Celtics.

That unusual quirk of a path would later make it possible for Boston Celtics managerial legend Red Auerbach to draft the Indiana native while he was still in college due to a tech

Riding a four-game win streak into a mid-Sunday affair with the Toronto Raptors (15-10), the Boston Celtics (15-9) continued building momentum with their fifth straight win, holding off a Raptors comeback attempt that led to four fourth quarter lead changes before Boston pulled away,