This time of year requires New Englanders to dedicate at least one weekend afternoon to yard work, setting themselves up for a relaxing evening. And the Celtics did their equivalent of raking the lawn and cleaning the gutters early in taking a 107-89 victory over the Toronto Raptors Saturday at TD Garden.

Rajon Rondo choreographed the Celtics’ offense, recovering from a right ankle sprain to hand out 20 assists before departing with 10:34 remaining.