A spirited fourth-quarter rally led by non-guaranteed roster hopefuls Josh Jackson, Gabe Brown and Jeff Dowtin Jr. erased a 19-point hole as the Raptors beat the Boston Celtics 125-119 in overtime Wednesday night.
The group of basically third-stringers scored 38 points in the fourth quarter as Toronto won its second exhibition game.
The feats of VanVleet
They were just three plays in the first quarter of the second pre-season game but in the ever-evolving offensive package of Fred VanVleet, they were not insignificant.
On the first, he drove the rim, got knocked down and did not finish the play; the second time he got there, the layup went in; and the third, he put up a lob pass to Precious Achiuwa that was finished with a tip-in for a basket.