In the end, the Celtics came away with the narrow win. The Raptors came back to tie it late but Tillman came through in the clutch to avoid overtime. The C’s leaned on Derrick White (35 minutes) and Payton Pritchard (32) for heavy minutes and production as 11 players saw in double-figure minutes.

The Celtics are already without superstar forward Jayson Tatum. The absence of Brown, even in the short term, would put considerable stress on the offense.