TORONTO (AP) — Brandon Ingram and RJ Barrett every scored 24 factors, Scottie Barnes had 23 and the Toronto Raptors grew to become the primary crew to achieve the NBA Cup quarterfinals by beating the Washington Wizards 140-110 on Friday evening.
Toronto secured first place in Group A with the victory and Indiana’s loss at Cleveland.
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Sandro Mamukelashvili scored a season-high 23 factors and Immanuel Quickley added 17 as Toronto improved to 3-0 in NBA Cup play and prolonged its profitable streak to 6 video games.
CJ McCollum scored 20 factors, Tre Johnson had 14 and Cam Whitmore added 11 for the woeful Wizards (1-14), who misplaced their thirteenth straight and fell to 0-10 towards Japanese Convention opponents.
Jamal Shead had a season-high 10 assists for the Raptors. Toronto has received 10 of 11 since a four-game skid that adopted a season-opening win at Atlanta.
The Raptors set a season excessive in factors. The 30-point margin of victory was Toronto’s largest this season, eclipsing a 28-point house win over Milwaukee on Nov. 4.
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Bilal Coulibaly gave Washington its solely lead by scoring the sport’s opening basket on a fast-break dunk. Toronto responded with 11 consecutive factors and by no means trailed once more.
Coulibaly didn’t make one other shot, lacking 5 makes an attempt from lengthy vary.
The Raptors led 105-77 by way of three quarters and improved to 10-0 this season when taking a result in the fourth.
The Wizards missed 12 of their first 13 makes an attempt from 3-point vary and completed 12 for 41 from distance. Washington’s starters mixed to go 3 for 21 from past the 3-point line.
Wizards middle Alex Sarr sat for the second straight sport due to a sore left huge toe. Marvin Bagley III (proper hip contusion) was additionally out.
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Raptors rookie Collin Murray-Boyles missed his second straight sport due to a sore proper knee.
Up subsequent
Wizards: At Chicago on Saturday.
Raptors: Host Brooklyn on Sunday.
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