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Toronto Raptors beat Washington Wizards 112-102 as Scottie Barnes has 28 points and 14 rebounds

Scottie Barnes had 28 points and 14 rebounds and RJ Barrett added 23 as the Raptors never trailed in a 112-102 win over the Wizards. Trae Young had 22 points and 12 assists for Washington.

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Jakob Poeltl shouts in a black Toronto Raptors No. 42 jersey during a gameJakob Poeltl with the Toronto Raptors at Washington in March 2018. Photo: Keith Allison via Flickr · CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.

Scottie Barnes had 28 points, 14 rebounds and 5 assists, and the Toronto Raptors beat the Washington Wizards 112-102 at Capital One Arena on Friday, October 23. RJ Barrett added 23 points and 9 rebounds, and Toronto is 2-0 after holding its first two opponents to 92 and 102 points. The Wizards are 1-1.

Toronto never trailed. Barnes scored 11 in the fourth quarter and Barrett 8 as the Raptors pulled away from a four-point lead going into the period.

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How it turned

The Raptors scored 34 points in the first quarter and led 34-21, and they stretched the lead to 17 early in the second. Washington answered with a 13-2 run to get within 40-34, and Toronto led 60-52 at halftime. The Wizards stayed close through the third, and it was 81-77 after three quarters.

Toronto pulled away midway through the fourth. From 98-92, the Raptors scored seven straight points to go up 105-92. Kawhi Leonard scored on a layup and a tip-in, and Barnes converted a three-point play that made it 112-97 with 2:05 left.

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The numbers

Leonard scored 16 on 7-of-20 shooting, with 9 rebounds and 3 steals, and Immanuel Quickley had 12 points and 6 assists. Toronto out-rebounded Washington 53-40, grabbed 19 offensive rebounds and scored 22 points off 23 Wizards turnovers. Barnes had 8 turnovers himself, and the Raptors made only 7 of 34 threes.

Washington’s side

Trae Young had 22 points and 12 assists, and Tre Johnson scored 20 off the bench, 10 of them in the fourth quarter. Anthony Davis had 9 points on 3-of-12 shooting with 9 rebounds. Kyshawn George and Bilal Coulibaly scored 11 each, but George had 8 turnovers. Washington went 30-of-35 at the free-throw line.

What’s next

The Wizards visit the Chicago Bulls on Saturday, October 24, at 8 p.m. ET (3 a.m. Sunday Cairo time). The Raptors visit the Minnesota Timberwolves on Sunday, October 25, at 7 p.m. ET (2 a.m. Monday Cairo time).

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