Celtics Sweep Raptors, Secure Top Seed

0:00It's April 5th. This is Boston Celtics News Today, AI-powered stories from Inside Your Team. Boston Celtics just handled the Toronto Raptors 115-101 at TD Garden, looking sharp like a playoff warm-up. Raptors sitting 7th or 8th in the east, so this could be a first round sneak peek against the second-seated seas come the 2026 playoffs. Celtics owned the season series, sweeping Toronto 4 games to 0. The third time in 4 years, they've done that. Jason Tatum dropped 26 points with a game-high 13 boards. Jalen Brown matched him at 26, and Nehemiah's Keta lit it up for, 18 on 90% shooting. Meanwhile, Nikolay Vusovic made his return off the bench after fracturing his fingerback on March 6th the first, full game ever next to Tatum, chipping. In 4 points and 4 rebounds in 13 minutes, Raptors got double figures from all starters, but nobody cracked 20. That makes 5 straight wins over Toronto, pushing Boston to 53 and 25 with only 4 games left.

1:04Salah Momentum heading into the stretch. Up next Tuesday night, they host the 9th place Charlotte Hornets at 42 and 36, another potential playoff foe in prime time. Celtics rolling deep, ready to lock in that top seed.