A.J. Lawson of Brampton, Ont., got here off Toronto’s bench for a career-high 32 factors because the Raptors beat the Washington Wizards 119-104 on Monday.
Lawson added 12 rebounds as 4 Toronto gamers had double-doubles for the Raptors (22-43), avenging a loss to Washington on Saturday.
Scottie Barnes, RJ Barrett of Mississauga, Ont., and Orlando Robinson additionally had double-doubles. Barnes had 14 factors and 13 boards, Barrett had 14 factors and 10 rebounds, and Robinson had 13 factors and pulled down 11 boards.
Alex Sarr, the No. 1 total decide in final summer time’s draft, had a double-double with 16 factors and 11 rebounds for Washington (13-50). Jordan Poole additionally scored 16 factors.
The Raptors have been with no host of gamers as beginning centre Jakob Poeltl (relaxation), Ochai Agbaji (left ankle sprain), Gradey Dick (proper knee bone bruise), Jonathan Mogbo (damaged nostril), Ja’Kobe Walter (proper hip flexor), Ulrich Chomche (partial proximal MCL tear) and Brandon Ingram (left ankle sprain) have been all out.
Agbaji and Dick took some pictures throughout warm-ups, nevertheless. Head coach Darko Rajakovic mentioned that Agbaji is not cleared for contact but however the Raptors would slowly ramp him backup. Dick can be re-examined in seven days however is allowed to do spot-up taking pictures and tried some straight-line working earlier Monday.
Wizards: Earlier than the sport head coach Brian Keefe mentioned Washington needed to do higher at rebounding towards Toronto. They didn’t. The Wizards have been outrebounded 73-56.
Raptors: Abysmal taking pictures within the second quarter prevented Toronto from blowing the sport huge open. They solely made eight of 33 field-goal makes an attempt within the interval, together with 4 for 16 taking pictures from three-point vary. The Raptors made up for that by sinking 14 of 30 discipline objectives, together with going 5 for 14 from past the arc, to outscore the Wizards 34-19 within the third for a 93-79 lead with 1 / 4 remaining.
Bilal Coulibaly went by way of contact for a slam dunk late within the first quarter however misplaced his grip on the rim, falling laborious on his again. Officers reviewed the play to see if Raptors ahead Jamison Battle ought to be charged with a flagrant foul on the play, nevertheless it was dominated an strange foul. Each gamers didn’t return to the sport, with Battle breaking his nostril on the play and Coulibaly nursing his injured again.
Lawson signed a two-way cope with the Raptors group on Dec. 11. His earlier scoring excessive was on Dec. 23, 2023, when he had 17 factors for the Dallas Mavericks in a 144-119 win over the San Antonio Spurs.
Wizards: Proceed their highway journey with a go to to the Detroit Pistons on Tuesday.
Raptors: End their four-game homestand on Wednesday towards the Philadelphia 76ers.
