After their sweep of the Philadelphia 76'ers last night, the Celtics will face the Toronto Raptors in Game One of the Eastern Semi-Finals at 6:30 P.M. on Thursday, August 27. Most analysts view the team match-ups as somewhat even and project the series to go seven games. The Celtics Gordon Hayward (Grade 3 ankle sprain) is expected to be out for the entire series, and Toronto point guard, Kyle Lowry, suffered an ankle injury last night in the game versus the Brooklyn Nets. His status is yet unknown. To say that Boston's bench may be over-matched in this series could be an understatement. In their Game Four victory, the Toronto bench accounted for 100 of the Raptor's 150-point total. Six Toronto players logged double-digit minutes off the bench. For the Celtics, Game Four saw only two subs (Enes Kanter and Brad Wanamaker) on the floor for double-digit minutes. Boston's bench scored a mere 11 points to Toronto's 100. Conversely, Norman Powell and Serge Ibaka comb...
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