Kevin Garnett, Celtics Roll Past Raptors 101-82

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Oct 18, 2009

TORONTO — Kevin Garnett scored 21 points, Ray Allen added 20 and the Boston Celtics beat the Toronto Raptors 101-82 on Sunday for their fifth straight preseason win.

Eddie House scored 10 of his 13 points in the fourth, while Rasheed Wallace, who sat out Boston's 106-90 victory over Toronto on Wednesday night because of a sore right ankle, returned to score five points.

Paul Pierce shot 1 for 4 and finished with two points in 26 minutes.

Hedo Turkoglu scored 16 points for Toronto, and Chris Bosh had 15 points and eight rebounds. The Raptors have lost three straight.

Raptors center Andrea Bargnani scored 13 points before fouling out with 45 seconds left in the third. Bargnani played 21 minutes.

Boston (5-1) has not lost since dropping a 96-90 decision at Houston on Oct. 7. The Celtics will wrap up the preseason with games Tuesday night at New York and Wednesday night at Cleveland, then open the regular season at Cleveland on Oct. 27.

Allen had 12 points and Garnett added 11 in the first quarter to help Boston take a 33-23 lead. The pair spent most of the second quarter on the bench, allowing Toronto to cut it to 54-49 at the half.

Allen went 6 for 6 and scored 14 points in the first half, but missed his first three shots in the third quarter. The rest of the Celtics also went cold, failing to score until Bosh was called for goaltending on a shot by Kendrick Perkins at 7:27. Toronto tied it at 54-all but couldn't take the lead, and the Celtics took a 73-63 lead into the fourth.

Toronto guard Marcus Banks missed the game because of flu-like symptoms, while forward Reggie Evans (left foot) wasn't in uniform. Swingman Antoine Wright (right knee) took part in a walk-through and shooting drills Saturday, but has yet to make his debut for Toronto.

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