Jason Terry scored only two points. Still, he made a big contribution to Boston’s latest win with a pep talk before the fourth quarter.

Kevin Garnett scored a season high 27 points with 10 rebounds, Paul Pierce had 12 points and 11 rebounds, and the Celtics won their fifth straight game by beating the Toronto Raptors 99-95 on Wednesday night.

Courtney Lee added 15 points, Leandro Barbosa had 14, Avery Bradley 11 and Brandon Bass 10 as the Celtics remained unbeaten since losing guard Rajon Rondo to a season-ending knee injury.

Garnett scored 11 points in the fourth quarter as the Celtics rallied from a 10-point deficit to snap a two-game skid in Toronto. Boston had lost three of its last four in Canada.

“We’re fighters,” Garnett said. “We’re a team that’s going to compete for 48 minutes. It’s not always pretty. We’re not perfect, we’re human beings. But we play hard, we do our best to go out and try to perfect the game plan.”

“It felt like we didn’t have the pace we wanted all game long until that fourth quarter,” Pierce said. “Once we picked the pace up we got the lead and were able to win the game.”

The win also ended a threegame road losing streak for the Celtics, who had dropped 11 of 14 away from home.

“This is a good win for us because we didn’t have it at stages,” head coach Doc Rivers said. “We just kind of kept looking for the right lineup, the right group.”

It was Rivers’ 400th win with Boston, making him just the third Boston coach to reach that mark. Only Tom Heinsohn (427) and Red Auerbach (910) have more victories with the Celtics.

“That’s cool,” Rivers said. “To be behind those two guys is pretty special for me.”

Rudy Gay led the Raptors with 25 points and a seasonhigh 12 rebounds. Kyle Lowry scored 17 and Amir Johnson had 16 points and 12 rebounds as Toronto lost for the 10th time in 13 games.

Andrea Bargnani returned after missing 26 games with a torn ligament in his right elbow to score 13 points for Toronto.