WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Keyshawn George scored 23 points on 9-of-13 shooting, and the last-place Washington Wizards beat the struggling Toronto Raptors 138-117 on Friday night.<\/p>\n
CJ McCollum and Bilal Coulibaly each added 21 points to help the Wizards to their highest-scoring performance of the season. The Raptors owned the NBA’s fourth-best defensive rating entering Friday.<\/p>\n
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Washington halted a four-game home losing streak but still has the NBA\u2019s worst record (6-23). The Wizards shot 59.3% (54 of 91) as a team, out-rebounded the Raptors 46-33 and outscored the visitors 36-17 in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n
Brandon Ingram scored 29 points and Immanuel Quickley added 25 for Toronto, which has lost nine of 13.<\/p>\n
Sandro Mamukelashvili had 13 points and 11 rebounds for the Raptors, who played without starters RJ Barrett (knee sprain) and Jakob Poetl (back strain).<\/p>\n
Toronto closed an 11-point halftime deficit to two by the end of the third quarter before succumbing to Washington’s late onslaught.<\/p>\n
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Justin Champagnie and Bub Carrington sank consecutive 3-pointers to stretch the Wizards’ lead to 10 points with 10:08 to play. Later, McCollum and Carrington hit 3s sandwiched around George’s running layup in a spurt that extended it to 120-104.<\/p>\n
Coulibaly’s dunk in transition with 3:50 remaining made it a 20-point game for the first time<\/p>\n
Up next<\/p>\n
Raptors: Begin a five-game homestand Sunday against Golden State.<\/p>\n
Wizards: Continue their homestand Sunday against Memphis.<\/p>\n
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