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Washington Wizards at Toronto Raptors

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13-49, 6-23 Away
Final
118 - 117

21-43, 14-20 Home

Wizards beat Raptors 118-117 when Shead's basket at buzzer ruled late

Wizards win as Raptors' attempt comes a hair too late

The teams will meet again Monday night in Toronto.

Bilal Coulibaly added 18 points and 10 rebounds to help Washington improve to 13-49 with its second straight victory. The Wizards beat Utah at home Wednesday night before heading off to Toronto for the start of a seven-game trip that also has a two-game set in Detroit and games at Denver, Portland and Utah.

RJ Barrett led Toronto with 23 points, and Jakob Poeltl added 21. The Raptors beat Utah at home the night before for their third straight victory.

Takeaways Wizards: Poeltl was giving Washington fits, but when he was benched for the rest of the night because of a minutes limit, Washington took advantage.

Raptors: Toronto was without several players, including Immanuel Quickley (rest), Gradey Dick (right knee bone bruise), Ochai Agbaji (left ankle sprain), Ja’Kobe Walter (right hip flexor), and Jonathan Mogbo (nasal fracture).

Key moment Shead's teammates rushed the court after he appeared to hit the buzzer-beater for the victory. However, a video review found that the ball was still in his hand when the buzzer sounded.

Up next The teams will meet again Monday night at Scotiabank Arena.

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 118 - 117
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 118 - 117
4th 0.0 (00:00) [Wizards] REF-INITIATED REVIEW (CALL OVERTURNED) 118 - 117
4th 2.1 Raptors Full timeout 118 - 117
4th 2.1 Marcus Smart enters the game for Jordan Poole 118 - 117

Statistics

https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/wsh.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originWSH https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/tor.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originTOR
44-100 FG 40-95
44 Field Goal % 42
13-38 3PT 10-26
34 Three Point % 38
17-23 FT 27-30
74 Free Throw % 90
50 Rebounds 49
22 Offensive Rebounds 22
28 Defensive Rebounds 27
29 Assists 24
12 Steals 11
7 Blocks 6
15 Turnovers 15
1 Team Turnovers 0
16 Total Turnovers 15
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
22 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 16
21 Fast Break Points 22
56 Points in Paint 60
18 Fouls 17
13 Largest Lead 10
Toronto Raptors Toronto Raptors Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
A.J. Lawson, G Day-To-Day Dec 12
Jamison Battle, F Out Dec 9
Immanuel Quickley, G Out Dec 9
RJ Barrett, F Out Dec 8
Washington Wizards Washington Wizards Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Malaki Branham, G Out Dec 13
Khris Middleton, F Out Dec 11
Alex Sarr, C Out Dec 11
Bilal Coulibaly, G Out Dec 3
Corey Kispert, F Out Nov 27

Game Information

Scotiabank Arena

Location: Toronto, ON
Attendance: 19,042 · Capacity:

2025-26 Southeast Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Orlando 15 10 .600 - W1
Miami 14 11 .560 1 L4
Atlanta 14 12 .538 1.5 L1
Charlotte 7 18 .280 8 L2
Washington 3 20 .130 11 L4

2025-26 Atlantic Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
New York 17 7 .708 - W4
Boston 15 10 .600 2.5 L1
Philadelphia 14 10 .583 3 W1
Toronto 15 11 .577 3 L4
Brooklyn 6 18 .250 11 L1
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