The Toronto Raptors are feeling the burn after their first loss following their NBA Cup run against the Boston Celtics at home. The Raptors were keeping up with

From the point of view of the Boston Celtics, their 112-96 road win vs. the Toronto Raptors on Saturday (Dec. 20) afternoon was a team win, with not only the club's veteran starters filling in the scoring gaps left by the absence of star forward Jaylen Brown -- waylaid by illness -- but also the bench.

Luka Garza played a season-high 26 minutes in the Celtics' win over the Raptors as he was a surprise contributor off the bench.

Toronto Raptors centre Jakob Poeltl is expected to play against the Brooklyn Nets despite a nagging back injury. According to Nets Wire reporter Sharif Phillips

Coach Darko Rajaković said the Raptors haven’t considered sitting Poeltl down for too long, thinking the injury isn't serious enough.

The Brooklyn Nets (7-19) have been playing well over their past 10 games, especially on the defensive end of the floor as they seem to have figured out how they want to defend opposing teams. Brooklyn is entering the tougher part of their December schedule as they welcome the Toronto Raptors (17-12) to Barclays Center on Sunday and if you're wondering how you can watch all the action live,

The Nets will head south for their third game of the season against the Philadelphia 76ers on Tuesday evening. Brooklyn failed to pull in a win against Philly in either of their first two contests, which were both held at the Barclays Center. Tipoff is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. EST.

When you have a team as young as this, there will be nights where shots are simply not falling. But if the effort is there, as Jordi seemed to think that it was, you can handle a loss like the one the Nets had a couple of nights ago.