NBA: Top 6 Highest-scoring games of DeMar DeRozan's career

#3 43 vs Boston Celtics, February 24, 2017

DeRozan put the team on his back and scored then career-high 43 points. Credit: SLAM

Stat line: 43 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists on 53.6 % shooting

The Toronto Raptors were in this game without their point guard Kyle Lowry and therefore, needed everything they could get from DeMar DeRozan to get the win. He put the team on his back and scored then career-high 43 points.

In the first quarter, DeRozan scored 10 points for the Raptors but the Celtics took a 29-18 lead. Even though he scored 19 points in the first half, the Celtics went into the halftime with a 10 point lead.

Howbeit, DeRozan was red-hot in the second half and scored 24 points to pull off an epic comeback win. For the Toronto Raptors, Serge Ibaka also made a valuable contribution and scored 15 points on 7-for-12 shooting.