Spokesman-Review
National Basketball Association
Toronto 117, Washington 113
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, October 20, 2018
Where: Capital One Arena, Washington, District of Columbia
Officials: #35 Jason Goldenberg, #34 Kevin Cutler, #60 James Williams
Attendance: 16185

Kyle Lowry had 28 points and 12 assists and the visiting Toronto Raptors held off a late Washington rally to beat the Wizards 117-113 on Saturday night.

Jonas Valanciunas and Serge Ibaka scored 16 points apiece for Toronto, which improved to 3-0.

Bradley Beal led winless Washington with 32 points and John Wall added 25. Beal was 6 of 11 from 3-point range and passed Gilbert Arenas (868) for the franchise lead in 3-pointers and now has 870.

The Raptors, playing the second of back-to-back games, gave forward Kawhi Leonard the night off. Washington was without center Dwight Howard (lower back), who missed his second game.

Toronto outscored Washington 20-9 over the final 5:30 of the third quarter and led 90-82 to open the fourth.

The Raptors increased their lead to 13 points with 6:57 left to play but Beal hit consecutive 3-pointers to pull Washington within 106-101.

Lowry, who scored 11 straight Raptors points in the quarter, kept making shots to preserve Toronto's lead but a 3-point play by Wall got the Wizards within 113-111 with 58 seconds left.

After the Raptors won a jump ball with 36 seconds left, Lowry's shot was blocked but the ball went out of bounds to Toronto. Off a timeout, Fred VanVleet grabbed a loose ball and hit an off-balance jumper with 14.6 seconds to go to push the lead to four.

Wall hit two free throws with nine seconds left, but VanVleet -- who finished with 13 points off the bench -- hit two free throws with 7.6 seconds remaining.

Wizards coach Scott Brooks received a pair of technical fouls and was ejected after a non-call involving Wall in the fourth quarter.

The Wizards scored 34 fast-break points to four for Toronto.

The Raptors outrebounded Washington 52-37.

Ian Mahinmi, starting in place of Howard, was again plagued by foul trouble and scored two points.

Through two games, Leonard is averaging 27.5 points and 11.5 rebounds.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Toronto   Washington
Kyle Lowry 28 Scoring Bradley Beal 32
Kyle Lowry 12 Assists Bradley Beal 6
Pascal Siakam 10 Rebounds Markieff Morris 7
Serge Ibaka 8 Free Throws Made John Wall 11
OG Anunoby 1 Steals John Wall 4
Serge Ibaka 1 Blocks Jeff Green 2
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Toronto 117 44.3 10-29 29-36 21 52 5 5 17
Washington 113 41.6 13-39 26-32 20 37 9 11 11
Upcoming Games
  • Washington will play their next game on the road against Portland. The Wizards have a W/L % of .000 after a win and .000 after a loss.
  • Toronto will play their next game at home against Charlotte. The Raptors have a W/L % of 1.000 after a win and .000 after a loss.