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The Raptors were down by 11 against the under-manned Boston Celtics going into the final quarter, and closed it down to within five numerous times in the final 12 minutes, but couldn't get any closer.

It was pretty much over when Ray Allen nailed a key jumper along with Rasheed Wallace driving in for a dunk to push the Celtics' lead to 92-83 with just over three minutes left.

The Boston Celtics were coming off a three game losing skid coming into the meeting with the Raptors, and were without without Rajon Rondo, Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and Marquis Daniels. Although Ray Allen had a solid game, the game changer had to have been Glen "Big Baby" Davis, who gave his team a spark going after key rebounds to help give the Celtics the edge over the Raptors.

His numbers coming off the bench were impressive, going five for nine in the field, with 15 points and five boards respectively.

It was a tough night for the Raptors, but if there was someone who deserves some credit it had to have been Hedo Turkoglu, who with a hurt knee still managed to put up some decent numbers.

Turkoglu made some key plays to keep the Raptors in the game with 12 points, seven assists, and seven rebounds, .

The Raptors were not able to penetrate a tough Celtics defence, even with Boston being short four key players.

The final numbers in points in the paint are as follows: 48-30 Celtics. The Raptors need to do a better job of getting inside if they want to be able to contend with the top tier teams in the league.

"They play hard defence...and everyone of our guys were in foul trouble early. It took away from all the aggressiveness in defence that we've been so good at establishing the past five games. They do a good job at not giving away any clean looks, we shot a decent percentage but I don't think we moved the ball as much...We just didn't really play that well."

- Jay Triano on the game against the Celtics .