DeRozan scores career-high 43 points, revamped Raptors beat Boston 107-97
TORONTO — Toughness was what Masai Ujiri saw in Serge Ibaka and P.J. Tucker.
And the two new Raptors certainly delivered Friday.
On a night DeMar DeRozan scored a career-high 43 points — prompting serenades of “M-V-P!” — Ibaka and Tucker earned rave reviews in their Raptors debuts, a thrilling, knock ’em down, drag ’em out 107-97 victory over the Boston Celtics.
“That type of physical play, that’s what this league is about,” a pleased coach Dwane Casey said. “The way we competed down the stretch with that group, that’s the physicality we have to play (with) against a very high-powered offensive team like Boston and everybody else we play.