By IAN HARRISONDecember 5, 2021 astatine 8:45 pm
TORONTO (AP) — Pascal Siakam scored 31 points, Precious Achiuwa had 10 points and 14 rebounds, and the Toronto Raptors bushed the Washington Wizards 102-90 connected Sunday night.
Chris Boucher scored 14 points, Scottie Barnes had 11, and Fred VanVleet 10 to assistance the Raptors triumph back-to-back games for the archetypal clip since a five-game winning streak from Oct. 27 to Nov. 3.
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Kentavious Caldwell-Pope scored a season-high 26 points and Bradley Beal had 14 for the Wizards, who couldn’t excavation retired of a large spread aft shooting poorly successful the archetypal quarter. Washington mislaid its 2nd straight.
Toronto led by arsenic galore arsenic 25 points, and bushed Washington for the 11th clip successful 13 meetings.
Siakam went 10 for 21 from the field, made his lone 3-point attempt, and made a season-high 10 of 12 free-throw attempts. He besides had six rebounds and 3 assists.
Toronto led 23-12 aft the archetypal quarter, successful which the Wizards changeable 5 for 22 for 12 points, their fewest successful immoderate 4th this season. Washington recovered with a 30-point 2nd quarter, shooting 10 for 17, but the Raptors answered with a 40-point effort — their highest-scoring 4th of the season.
Siakam scored 17 successful the 2nd arsenic Toronto led 63-42 astatine the half. Caldwell-Pope had 10 points successful the 3rd but the Raptors took an 84-68 pb to the fourth, and weren’t threatened aft that.
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Wizards: G Spencer Dinwiddie started Sunday but volition not play successful Monday’s crippled astatine Indiana, manager Wes Unseld Jr, said. Dinwiddie had country aft damaging a ligament successful his close genu past December. … Montrezl Harrell led the Wizards with 14 rebounds. … Washington’s season-low for points successful a fractional is 40, acceptable Nov. 18 astatine Miami.
Raptors: F OG Anunoby (left hip) and F Khem Birch (right knee) sat for the ninth consecutive game. … G Dalano Banton had a career-high six assists. … Toronto is 4-8 astatine home.
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Toronto matched a season-best by allowing 12 points successful the first. The Raptors besides allowed 12 points successful the 4th fourth of their Nov. 19 triumph astatine Sacramento.
UP NEXT
Wizards: Visit Indiana connected Monday night.
Raptors: Host Oklahoma City connected Wednesday night.
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