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Raptors run out of answers for Celtics in fourth quarter

Boston guard Isaiah Thomas scores 19 of his 44 points in the final 10 minutes.

Raptors big man Jared Sullinger, left, who had sat two of the last three games, had 11 points in 10 first-half minutes against his old team.

BOSTON—Dwane Casey knew it would be hard, terribly hard, for the Toronto Raptors to summon that extra ounce of energy you need to win close NBA games.

They’d been through a grinder of game a night earlier, a physically and mentally exhausting overtime win at home, and all that waited was a good and rested team in a tough building with a lot to prove.