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Newcastle United are edging closer to confirming that Rafa Benitez will stay on as manager next season, Sky sources understand. Benitez signed a three-year deal to become Newcastle boss back in March, when he replaced Steve McClaren, but the contract is reported to include an option to cancel at the end of the season.The Spaniard was unable to keep the club in the Premier League, leading to doubts over whether he would stay, but it appears a meeting with owner Mike Ashley and managing director Lee Charnley on Sunday was positive. They talked for two hours after the stunning 5-1 win over Tottenham at St James Park, giving Ashley a first chance to speak to Benitez face-to-face since his arrival at the club.After the game Benitez said his heart was leading him towards staying on Tyneside to try and guide Newcastle back to the Premier League, and he admitted that fantastic support from the clubs fans was also swaying him. Jamie Carragher believes Rafael Benitez has a difficult decision to make Sources understand Ashley was impressed by Benitez during their meeting, with the Spaniard keen to find out what ambitions the owner has for their bid to get out of the Championship at the first attempt.Benitez is reported to be particularly keen to take control over the clubs transfer business before committing his future to the club. Benitez had this to say about his future after the win over Tottenham After beating Spurs, he said: I said I am quite open and I am quite pleased with everything, the staff, everything, now its just to be sure that we have to do what we have to do to be sure that we can go up if I stay here.They know, we have been talking. I have the same feeling as the fans, they want a strong team next season to be sure we go up again.The way and the ideas will not be difficult to have, to have similar ideas, but we have to sit down and make sure of everything. 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I thought the biggest difference in the game was their athleticism and physicality, Celtics coach Brad Stevens said of the Raptors. I thought most of our turnovers were in the halfcourt. They had active hands in the halfcourt. The Raptors, who were playing without forward Amir Johnson and center Jonas Valanciunas, scored six straight to take a 100-92 lead with 5 1/2 minutes left in the game. Sullinger knocked down a pair of free throws before Kelly Olynyk nailed a 3- pointer to help the hosts close within a possession. Moments later, Toronto built its lead back to six, but Green buried a 3 and Marcus Smart followed with a triple to tie the game at 105-105 with 1:10 to go. Although the rookie out of Oklahoma State hit a big shot, he committed a crucial turnover on the Celtics ensuing possession. Lowry plucked Smart at the top of the key, gathered the loose ball and found DeRozan for a thunderous dunk over Olynyk at the other end. DeRozan, who was fouled on the play, made the subsequent free throw for a 108-105 edge. Rondo then hit a pair of free throws, but Lowry answered by making a contested jumper to restore the cushion. Greens 3-pointer to tie was off the mark and Sullinger hauled in the offensive rebound, but time expired before he could make it out to the arc for another attempt.dddddddddddd Im happy with the win, Lowry said. But we gotta start off better than the way we started off. Boston, which allowed Dallas to score 40 first-quarter points in a 118-113 loss on Monday, flipped the script on Wednesday with some hot shooting from the start. The Celtics made their first eight shot attempts from the floor, as Olynyks acrobatic layup helped the hosts to a 19-7 lead. Olynyk gave Boston its first miss a possession later on a reverse layup, but Sullinger crashed the boards for a putback dunk. Boston shot 15-for-19 over the first 12 minutes and outrebounded the thin frontline of Toronto, 14-2, taking a 35-23 lead into the second. Toronto trailed by 16 just past the midway point of the second when DeRozan converted two jumpers to start a 15-0 run. Patterson then made a 3-pointer before DeRozan capped the spurt with a layup to cut the deficit to 50-49. Rondos three-point play preceded Lowrys jumper at the buzzer as the Celtics brought a 57-54 lead into halftime. The Raptors closed the third quarter with six straight points for an 88-86 lead entering the fourth. Game Notes Toronto has won three straight over the Celtics ... Johnson missed his third straight game with an ankle injury, while Valanciunas sat out after injuring his hand in the Raptors win over Oklahoma City on Tuesday ... Toronto has won four of its first five to start the season for the first time since 2004-05 ... The Raptors finished with seven turnovers. They have turned it over fewer than 10 times in every game this season ... Boston outrebounded Toronto 55-24 ... Olynyk finished with 18 points and 13 rebounds. ' ' '