The Toronto Raptors knocked the Washington Wizards down 127-108 Wednesday night at the Air Canada Center.
Seven of the Raptors scored in double figures to take the team to the lead.
Game stats
The Wizards grabbed 30 rebounds and the Raptors had 52. Washington took nine offensive rebounds and the Raptors took 14. Both the Wizards and the Raptors gave away 11 turnovers. The Wizards took 28 fast break points and the Raptors took 32. The Wizards took
the biggest lead by four points. The Wizards leveled 52 points in the paint and the Raptors had 62.
Arena Stats
The game lasted for a duration of 2:17 and there were 15,209 basketball maniacs who savored the game and huge applauses were heard as the Raptors progressed ahead in the game.
Inside the arena
The former Raptors player Jerome Williams was also found inside the arena in a Raptors jersey and headband. The famous rapper Drake also enjoyed the matchup in the arena.
Scoring
The lead changed four times and the game was tied six times.
Box Score
Washington Wizards
JaVale McGee scored 21 points, John Wall scored 19 and Andray Blatche pinned 17 points for the Wizards (5-12). The team had 11 rebounds.
Toronto Raptors
DeMar DeRozan scored 20 points, Andrea Bargnani and Sonny Weems added 18 and Leandro Barbosa scored 16 for the Raptors (7-11). The Raptors had nine rebounds.
Game Story
The Raptors lost while playing against the Atlanta Hawks and scoring 78 points on 30 field goals. In this game they scored 72 points on 32 field goals.
Play by play
The Raptors were wreaking havoc on the minds of the Wizards from the very start. They were leading the Wizards by nine points at the end of the first quarter and then started an 11-4 run to get into the second quarter. The Raptors were shooting at 70 percent
from the floor and they made 17 field goals in that quarter while the Wizards succeeded in making nine. The Raptors started after the halftime with a 72-52 lead.
Wizards losing action
The once energetic Wizards did not play a game armored with defense and they seemed to be lagging due to bad communication. Their shoot-around was also non-communicative, as the Wizards coach Flip Saunders put it after the game.
DeRozan played spectacularly by contributing 20 points, Bargnani shot 8 for 13 as he scored 18 points. Jerryd Bayless managed 6 for 9 while he made his 16 points off the bench.
Impressive: Wall returns
Wall was back in action after he missed his last two games due to a sore left knee. He played for a duration of 31 minutes after spending some time at the bench. He scored 19 points despite missing two games and also gave nine assists.
Davis’s comeback
Ed Davis, the Raptors rookie, made his comeback debut in a marvelous fashion. He scored 11 points, and grabbed six rebounds in a span of 24 minutes. He had been in rehab for arthroscopic surgery with a torn meniscus in his right knee.
Coming Up
For the Wizards, Friday against Portland, Sunday against Phoenix, Tuesday against Los Angeles Lakers. For the Raptors, Friday against Oklahoma City, Sunday against New York, Monday against Indiana.
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