Schedule and 2019-20 Results
Regular Season Records: Toronto 53-19, Boston 48-24
Game 1 on Sunday, 30 August: Boston wins at Toronto, 112-pts-94
Game 2 on Tuesday, 01 September: Boston wins at Toronto, 102-pts-99
Game 3 on Thursday, 03 September: Toronto wins at Boston, 104-pts-103
Game 4 on Saturday, 05 September: Toronto wins at Boston, 100-pts-93
Game 5 on Monday, 07 September: Boston wins at Toronto, 111-pts-89
Game 6 on Wednesday, 09 September: Toronto wins at Boston, 125-pts-122 (2OT)
Game 7 on Friday, 11 September: Boston wins at Toronto, 92-pts-89

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 7: The Boston Celtics visited and defeated the Toronto Raptors 92-pts-87 to complete a 4-games-3 best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1443 victory. With the series 1443 win, the Boston Celtics improve their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 69-28 overall and 22-8 in the Quarterfinals round. With the series 1443 loss, the Toronto Raptors see their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record fall to 9-9 overall (with an end to their five-series winning streak) and 2-4 in the Quarterfinals round. The win order for the victorious Boston Celtics in series 1443 was WWLLWLW: Series 1443 thus becomes the 11th NBA Quarterfinals-round series, the 22nd NBA series (all rounds), and the 33rd MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. Series 1443 becomes the first best-of-7 NBA playoff series in which the road team won each game.

After Game 6: The Toronto Raptors visited and bested the Boston Celtics 125-pts-122 (2OT) to tie best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1443 at 3-games-all. When tied 3-games-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the Toronto Raptors have a Game 7 record of 3-2, while the Boston Celtics have a Game 7 record of 23-9. The Toronto Raptors have a 3-1 Game 7 record in Toronto. The Boston Celtics have a 3-4 Game 7 record (with an active four-Game 7 losing streak) on the road.

After Game 5: The Boston Celtics visited and defeated the Toronto Raptors 111-pts-89 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1443 lead of 3-games-2. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the Boston Celtics have a series record of 39-4 and a Game 6 record of 21-22. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the Toronto Raptors have a series record of 0-3 and a Game 6 record of 1-2. The only previous best-of-7 NBA playoff series to show a win/site order of WWLLW @ VVHHV through five games (i.e., visitors winning every game) was series 693, in which the Houston Rockets posted that win/site order against the San Antonio Spurs in their 1995 NBA Semifinals series; Houston won Game 6 at home to win that series.

After Game 4: The Toronto Raptors visited and bested the Boston Celtics 100-pts-93 to tie best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1443 at 2-games-all. When tied 2-games-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the Toronto Raptors have a series record of 6-3 (with an active four-series winning streak) and a Game 5 record of 7-2 (with an active four-Game 5 winning streak), while the Boston Celtics have a series record of 32-13 and a Game 5 record of 33-12 (with an active four-Game 5 winning streak).

After Game 3: The Toronto Raptors visited and defeated the Boston Celtics 104-pts-103 to drop the Boston Celtics best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL series 1443 lead to 2-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Boston Celtics have a series record of 42-4 and a Game 4 record of 18-28 (with a four-Game 4 losing streak). When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Toronto Raptors have a series record of 3-4 and a Game 4 record of 5-2 (with an active five-Game 4 winning streak). The Toronto Raptors trailed the pseudo-host Boston Celtics by ten points as late as after two quarters but won: In the history of best-of-7 NBA playoff games from 1947 through 2020, inclusive, road teams down ten points as late as after two quarters had a game record of only 15-88 (.146) - the Toronto Raptors thus achieve a grade-B in-game comeback.

After Game 2: The Boston Celtics visited and defeated the Toronto Raptors 102-pts-99 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1443 lead of 2-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Boston Celtics have a series record of 39-1 and a Game 3 record of 16-24. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Toronto Raptors have a series record of 1-5 and a Game 3 record of 3-3. The sole best-of-7 NBA playoff series loss by the Boston Celtics upon having led 2-games-nil occurred in their last such series (series 1380, to the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2018 NBA Semifinals). The sole best-of-7 NBA playoff series win by the Toronto Raptors upon having trailed 2-games-nil occurred in their last such series (series 1413, over the Milwaukee Bucks in the 2019 NBA Semifinals).

After Game 1: The Boston Celtics visited and defeated the Toronto Raptors 112-pts-94 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1443 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Boston Celtics have a series record of 57-7 and a Game 2 record of 40-24. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Toronto Raptors have a series record of 5-7 and a Game 2 record of 6-6.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2019-20 NBA regular season, the Toronto Raptors finished five games ahead of the Boston Celtics. From 1947 through the 2019 NBA Finals round, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by five regular-season games, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 25-10 (.714) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1443 is the 18th best-of-7 NBA playoff series for the Toronto Raptors, and the 97th for the Boston Celtics. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the Toronto Raptors have an all-rounds series record of 9-8 (with an active five-series winning streak), a Quarterfinals-round series record of 2-3, and a Game 1 record of 5-12, while the Boston Celtics have an all-rounds series record of 68-28, a Quarterfinals-round series record of 21-8, and a Game 1 record of 64-32 (with an active six-Game 1 winning streak). Series 1443 is the first best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting between the Toronto Raptors and the Boston Celtics.