Celtics: Brown scores 30, Celtics beat Raptors 118-102

Brown scored 30 points, Kemba Walker had 22 and the Celtics beat the Raptors 118-102 Wednesday in the first Christmas Day NBA game played in Canada.

“It’s good, it’s good.”Fred VanVleet scored 27 points in the Raptors’ second straight loss, and Chris Boucher had a career-high 24.

“We weren’t quite physical enough, I thought, for most stretches of the game,” Toronto coach Nick Nurse said.

The Raptors shot 8 for 23 from 3-point range.

HOT SHOTSThe Celtics shot 46 for 92 (50%).