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Final seconds of Celtics/Raptors was.... pure preseason

Dwight Buycks; Courtney Lee

Toronto Raptors forward Tyler Hansbrough (50) battles for a rebound with Boston Celtics center Vitor Faverani (38) during the second half of a preseason NBA basketball game in Toronto on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Frank Gunn)

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Just because the games are meaningless doesn’t mean there isn’t some drama — there are close games and exciting endings in the preseason, too.

Look at the end of the Celtics/Raptors game from Wednesday. After a Celtics bucket on a nice cut and finish by Jared Sullinger, it’s a two point game with 11 seconds to go.

Then in rapid succession we get to see a blown defensive coverage by Boston on the inbounds that should have iced the game for Toronto, a blown wide open dunk by Julyan Stone, then Jordan Crawford trying to win the game for Boston then making what can only be called an ugly decision.

That is preseason NBA, people.

Hat tip to Tom Ziller at SBN.