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A flat first half leaves the Wizards at a loss in Houston

November 13, 2025
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A flat first half leaves the Wizards at a loss in Houston


Welcome to the Washington Wizards season tracker. We will have dispatches from Washington’s early-season games in this file. You can find my stories for The Washington Post, a Wizards podcast and other coverage here.

In this article

  • Game 12: Rockets 135, Wizards 112
  • Game 11: Pistons 137, Wizards 135 (OT)
  • Game 10: Mavericks 111, Wizards 105
  • Game 9: Cavaliers 148, Wizards 114
  • Game 8: Celtics 136, Wizards 107

Game 12: Rockets 135, Wizards 112

Return to menuDateline: Houston

What happened: The Washington Wizards lost to one of the better teams in the NBA during a 135-112 defeat to the Houston Rockets on Wednesday night at Toyota Center.

Welcome to the Washington Wizards season tracker. We will have dispatches from Washington’s early-season games in this file. You can find my stories for The Washington Post, a Wizards podcast and other coverage here.

Dateline: Houston

What happened: The Washington Wizards lost to one of the better teams in the NBA during a 135-112 defeat to the Houston Rockets on Wednesday night at Toyota Center.

The Wizards (1-11), who have dropped 10 in a row, gave up a season-high 81 first-half points and trailed by 27 at halftime. After the Rockets (7-3) snared an offensive rebound and scored less than a minute into the third quarter, Wizards Coach Brian Keefe called a timeout and was visibly frustrated.

Washington responded to win the third quarter — one in which Houston’s starters played decent minutes — by 11 points. Still, Washington trailed by at least 13 for the entire second half.

Alex Sarr led all players with 25 points, shooting 10 for 15 from the field and 2 for 3 from three-point range. Kevin Durant led the Rockets with 23 points. Houston’s Reed Sheppard, drafted one spot after Sarr in 2024, had a season-high 21 points and shot 8 for 11.

What mattered: Houston entered the game leading the league in offensive rebounding rate by a wide margin, and it dominated the glass early against a slimmer Washington squad. The Rockets outrebounded the Wizards by 17 in the first half; Washington outrebounded Houston by two in the second.

The combination of Kyshawn George and Sarr again impressed against a Rockets squad with the league’s seventh-best defense. George had a season-high nine assists. He also scored 16 points on 7-for-17 shooting.

This was Sarr’s fifth game with at least 20 points this season after he notched 10 all of last season. He added 11 rebounds, four assists and a block, ending his 10-game streak of multi-block games.

Next up:

Sunday: vs. Brooklyn Nets, 6 p.m. (Monumental Sports Network)

Wednesday: at Minnesota Timberwolves, 8 p.m. (Monumental Sports Network)

Friday, Nov. 21: at Toronto Raptors, 7:30 p.m. (Monumental Sports Network)

What happened: The Washington Wizards blew a 13-point fourth-quarter lead, a three-point advantage with two seconds left and a chance to snap an eight-game losing streak in a 137-135 overtime defeat to the Eastern Conference-leading Detroit Pistons on Monday night at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit.

With two seconds left in regulation, Kyshawn George missed a free throw that would have put the Wizards (1-10) up by four. The Pistons’ Daniss Jenkins hit a three-pointer as time expired to send the game to overtime.

There, the exhausted teams combined to shoot 6 for 22. Washington got the ball down two with 6.6 seconds left after the Pistons (9-2) missed two free throws. CJ McCollum went coast to coast but missed a floater that came after the buzzer anyway.

McCollum recorded a third consecutive game with at least 20 points, leading Washington with a season-high 42. He shot 14 for 26 and made 5 of 10 three-point attempts. Alex Sarr added 15 points and 15 rebounds.

The Pistons’ Cade Cunningham had a triple-double with 46 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists.

What mattered: For the second straight game, the Wizards turned in a strong defensive performance and stuck close to their opponents — albeit against a Pistons squad missing Tobias Harris, Ausar Thompson and Isaiah Stewart and playing on the second half of a back-to-back.

But Detroit shot just 41.2 percent from the field and 31.7 from three, the worst and third-worst showings, respectively, by Washington’s opponents this season. For all of Cunningham’s brilliance, Washington limited him to 14-for-45 shooting.

The Wizards’ Cam Whitmore played heavy minutes and played efficiently for the second straight game, finishing with 20 points on 6-for-11 shooting. He made 7 of 8 free throws.

Notes: Bilal Coulibaly missed a third straight game with a left calf contusion. Khris Middleton returned from a one-game absence and played 26 minutes, notching six points.

Highlights can be found here.

What happened: The Washington Wizards lost a tightly contested matchup Saturday night with the Dallas Mavericks, 111-105, at Capital One Arena.

Down three with 23 seconds left, Washington forced a miss but couldn’t grab the rebound and had to foul. Coach Brian Keefe said postgame that the Wizards shouldn’t have fouled and instead should have let the possession play out — there were 17 seconds left in the game and just nine on the shot clock. Keefe took responsibility for the miscue, saying he misjudged the clock.

Mavericks forward Naji Marshall made 1 of 2 free throws, sending the Wizards to an eighth straight defeat.

Dallas (3-7) entered the game with the worst offensive rating (points per 100 possessions) in the NBA but started fast against Washington (1-9), which entered with the second-worst defensive rating, per Cleaning the Glass.

The Mavericks tied their season high with 35 first-quarter points, shooting 63.6 percent from the field to end the opening frame with an 11-point advantage.

But the Wizards regrouped for the rest of the game. The Mavericks shot 39.4 percent across the final three quarters.

Marshall led all scorers with 30 points. CJ McCollum led Washington with 25 points, shooting 9 for 19 from the field.

What mattered: The close game and defensive performance — even against a Mavericks squad that did not have Anthony Davis and Dereck Lively II — were sorely needed for a team that wants to make its mark on defense and had lost five straight games by at least 17 points.

Second-year big man Alex Sarr recorded three blocks, his league-best ninth multi-rejection game of the season. McCollum — not known for his defense — notched two steals and two blocks, both season highs.

Cam Whitmore, who had seen less playing time in recent games, had his best performance of the season. He scored a season-high 19 points on 7-for-13 shooting.

Note: Bilal Coulibaly missed his second straight game with left calf tightness. Khris Middleton was out because of right knee injury management. Kyshawn George returned from a one-game absence because of illness and played 29 minutes.

Highlights can be found here.

Next up:

Monday: at Detroit Pistons, 7 p.m. (Peacock)

Wednesday: at Houston Rockets, 8 p.m. (Monumental Sports Network)

Sunday: vs. Brooklyn Nets, 6 p.m. (Monumental Sports Network)

What happened: The shorthanded Wizards hosted an Eastern Conference power finally coming back to full health Friday night at Capital One Arena. The result was predictable: Washington lost its seventh straight, 148-114, to the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Bilal Coulibaly (left calf tightness) and Kyshawn George (illness) did not play for the Wizards. Guards Bub Carrington and Tre Johnson started in their place. For the rookie Johnson, it was the first start of his career.

Cleveland reunited the quintet of Darius Garland, Donovan Mitchell, De’Andre Hunter, Evan Mobley and Jarrett Allen for the first time this season. The Cavaliers torched the Wizards’ depleted defense, finishing with 76 first-half points. Mitchell led all scorers with 24 points.

CJ McCollum led the Wizards with a season-high 25 points on 8-for-16 shooting, by far his best game of the year.

What mattered: The loss was Washington’s fifth straight defeat by at least 15 points. The Wizards have lost by double digits in all but one of their eight defeats.

Without Coulibaly and George, the Wizards offered little resistance on defense to a Cavaliers team some consider a favorite to reach the NBA Finals.

Third-year forward Cam Whitmore’s playing time dipped for the fourth straight game. Whitmore seemed like a likely candidate to get minutes with George and Coulibaly sidelined. Instead, he played just five minutes — all in the first quarter.

In the final few possessions before Whitmore’s night ended, he missed a tough layup at the rim, got caught in the corner and turned the ball over, was beaten on an off-ball screen that led to him fouling and then allowed his man to grab an offensive rebound and score on a putback (which did not count because the quarter had expired).

After the game, Wizards Coach Brian Keefe said the drop in Whitmore’s minutes had nothing to do with the forward’s play but rather was a product of finding minutes for rookie second-round pick Jamir Watkins, who finished with six points in 20 minutes.

Highlights can be found here.

Dateline: Boston

What happened: A strong start soon receded into familiar issues for the Washington Wizards, who were thrashed by the Boston Celtics, 136-107, on Wednesday night at TD Garden.

Washington (1-7) led by 11 points at the end of the first quarter, the product of a plus-eight rebounding edge and the Celtics going 2 for 11 from beyond the arc. Both metrics evened out, and the result was the Wizards’ sixth consecutive defeat. Boston (4-5) outrebounded Washington by nine and shot 46.7 percent from three-point range over the final three quarters.

Alex Sarr led the Wizards with 31 points. He added eight rebounds and three blocks. Jaylen Brown scorched Washington with a game-high 35 points in 26 minutes, shooting 13 for 21.

What mattered: Sarr’s performance was another encouraging sign in his sophomore campaign. He has recorded multiple blocks in seven straight games and scored at least 30 points twice in his first eight games. He did so just once in 67 games last season.

Bilal Coulibaly played just 16 minutes because of lower left leg soreness, the Wizards said. He shot 0 for 5 and had three assists before leaving the game. Wednesday’s was just the fourth game of the season for Coulibaly, who recently returned from surgery on his right thumb.

CJ McCollum’s trying start to the season continued: He scored three points and shot 1 for 10. He is making just 33 percent of his field goals and 32.7 percent of his three-pointers.

Note: Justin Champagnie started in place of Khris Middleton, who missed his second straight game, this time with right knee soreness. Middleton’s first absence was because of a left elbow contusion. Coach Brian Keefe said the forward is day-to-day.

Highlights can be found here.

Dateline: New York

What happened: The Washington Wizards hung with the New York Knicks before a third-quarter meltdown led to a 119-102 loss at Madison Square Garden on Monday night.

Washington (1-6) led by four points with 32.8 seconds left in the first half — enough time for the Knicks (4-3) to make two three-pointers and convert a four-point play on the latter for a 57-54 halftime lead. Then came a third quarter in which New York outscored Washington 41-24. The Knicks shot 68.2 percent in the period to the Wizards’ 40 percent.

New York’s Karl-Anthony Towns led all scorers with a season-high 33 points. Alex Sarr led the Wizards with 19.

What mattered: The Wizards matched up well with an Eastern Conference contender for a half and, most importantly, did so behind their young players.

In the first two quarters, Bilal Coulibaly scored 15 points and Sarr added 13. Coulibaly did not score in the second half but did shoot an encouraging 3 for 5 from three-point range in the game, including some semi-contested attempts.

Sarr, who also had eight rebounds, had his struggles defending Towns but did notch two blocks, giving him multiple swats for the sixth straight game. (According to the Wizards, that’s the longest active streak in the NBA.) He also set a career high with seven assists, routinely operating from the top of the arc to find cutting teammates.

Kyshawn George scored 15 points on 6-for-11 shooting. He added three steals and a block and committed just one personal foul; it was the first time he had fewer than four this season.

Washington held Jalen Brunson (16 points on 6-for-17 shooting) in check but allowed 12 offensive rebounds and forced just 12 turnovers — the latter was a point of emphasis entering the season that has yet to yield results.

Note: Khris Middleton missed his first game of the season with a left elbow contusion. Justin Champagnie started in his place.

Highlights can be found here.

What happened: The Wizards’ offense imploded in the second quarter, and their shoddy defense handed a get-right game to the Orlando Magic in a 125-94 defeat Saturday night at Capital One Arena.

The Wizards (1-5) led by three after the first quarter behind a strong start from Kyshawn George, who scored 10 of his team-high 17 points in the opening frame. Things deteriorated quickly after that.

Washington shot just 29.6 percent from the field in the second quarter, giving the Magic plenty of chances to run. Orlando (3-4) scored 12 fast-break points and star forward Paolo Banchero notched 15 of his game-high 28 in the frame.

The Wizards went into halftime down 19 and saw that deficit grow as wide as 31 in the second half of their fourth straight loss.

What mattered: Washington’s defense had no answers for the Magic, which entered 25th in the league in offensive rating (points per 100 possession), per Cleaning the Glass. Orlando scored 62 points in the paint, tied for the most the Wizards have allowed through six games.

Bilal Coulibaly followed up an impressive first game with a forgettable second, shooting 3 for 10 from the field. He was aggressive getting to the basket and did manage to shoot six free throws, making four.

George started hot but played just about a minute in the second quarter due to foul trouble. He picked up his third early in the frame and did not return until the second half. It has been a persistent issue for the second-year wing. He finished with at least five fouls for the fifth time in six games — he had four in the other.

Highlights can be found here.

Next up:

Monday: @ New York Knicks, 7:30 p.m. (Monumental Sports Network)

Wednesday: @ Boston Celtics, 7:30 p.m. (Monumental Sports Network 2)

Friday: vs. Cleveland Cavaliers, 7 p.m. (Monumental Sports Network)

Dateline: Oklahoma City

What happened: The Wizards lost to the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder, 127-108, Thursday night at Paycom Center.

The Thunder was without Chet Holmgren and Jalen Williams but still had reigning MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who scored 31 points in just 29 minutes on 11-for-20 shooting.

The Wizards welcomed back third-year wing Bilal Coulibaly, who had surgery in September for a torn ligament in his right thumb. Coulibaly had few restrictions in his return, and Coach Brian Keefe changed his starting lineup for the first time this season, inserting Coulibaly in place of second-year guard Bub Carrington.

Coulibaly, 21, looked comfortable, scoring 16 points on 6-for-12 shooting. He added eight rebounds, four assists, three blocks and a steal. He shot 2 for 7 from three, an area of his game worth watching as the season progresses.

The Wizards trailed by just eight at the end of the third quarter but made only one of their first seven shots in the final frame as the Thunder went on an 18-2 run that blew the game open.

What mattered: The Wizards started Coulibaly with defense in mind. The Frenchman’s height (6-foot-8) and wingspan (7-2 or 7-3) make him an imposing threat that allows Washington to switch more on defense without surrendering a mismatch.

Coulibaly often guarded Gilgeous-Alexander. According to NBA.com’s tracking data, just two of Gilgeous-Alexander’s points came with Coulibaly as the primary defender.

Much like the Thunder, the Wizards are aiming to build their team through defense. Monumental Basketball President Michael Winger, Wizards General Manager Will Dawkins and Coach Brian Keefe all spent multiple seasons with Oklahoma City, which boasts a multitude of elite defenders on the perimeter.

Washington committed a season-high 23 turnovers, leading to 26 Oklahoma City points. Check out my video on Coulibaly’s return and how the Thunder offer an obvious example for the value of perimeter defense.

Highlights can be found here

In an expected set of moves, the Wizards exercised third-year team options for Alex Sarr, Bub Carrington, Kyshawn George and AJ Johnson and fourth-year team options for Bilal Coulibaly and Cam Whitmore that keep all six players under contract through the 2026-27 season.

Coulibaly and Whitmore become eligible for extensions after this season. If they don’t come to terms with the Wizards before the start of the 2026-27 season, they will become restricted free agents at the end of it.

What happened: For the second straight game, the Wizards built a big lead but were unable to hang on, this time losing in overtime to the Philadelphia 76ers on Tuesday night at Capital One Arena.

The Wizards led by 19 midway through the third quarter. An Adem Bona putback dunk with 27.6 seconds left in overtime gave the 76ers their first lead since the opening quarter — and one they did not relinquish.

The Wizards’ Alex Sarr matched up with Philadelphia star Joel Embiid and turned in one of the best games of his career, scoring 31 points and grabbing 11 rebounds. Embiid, who played just 23 minutes, had 25 points. Tyrese Maxey led the 76ers with 39 points on 11-for-25 shooting.

What mattered: Sarr’s performance continued an encouraging start to his second season. The 20-year-old shot 13 for 23 in the second-highest-scoring performance of his career behind a 34-point outing during his rookie year.

But while that career high required uncharacteristic three-point efficiency from Sarr — he shot 5 for 9 — Tuesday’s outburst came because of improved interior play.

Sarr made just three three-pointers (on seven attempts) and took 13 of his field goals from the paint. He made nine of them, showing improved assertiveness and physicality from his rookie year. He also had five assists, two blocks and two steals.

Kyshawn George bounced back from a six-point showing in Sunday’s loss to the Charlotte Hornets, scoring 20 points on 8-for-17 shooting. He added nine rebounds, seven assists and two steals.

Highlights can be found here.

What happened: In their regular season home opener, the Wizards had a chance to go above .500 for the first time since 2022 but lost to the Charlotte Hornets on Sunday, 139-113.

Washington (1-2) took a 13-point lead just 14 seconds into the third quarter on a jump shot by Khris Middleton. From there, they were outscored 88-49.

Hornets star LaMelo Ball torched the Wizards, finishing with 38 points, 13 rebounds and 13 assists for his first triple-double of the year.

Washington, which held Charlotte (2-1) to 36.7 percent from the field and 13.6 percent from three in the first half, cratered on defense in the second. The Hornets went 29 for 43 from the field and 12 for 16 from three across the last two quarters.

CJ McCollum led the Wizards with 24 points on 8-for-20 shooting.

What mattered: Bilal Coulibaly’s absence — the third-year wing has yet to play after offseason right thumb surgery — showed in Washington’s poor perimeter defense. Coulibaly often guarded the other team’s best perimeter player last season and probably would have received the matchup with Ball.

The Wizards got a strong effort from Alex Sarr, who scored 21 points on 9-for-15 shooting and blocked three shots. Sarr was aggressive early, with all five of his first-quarter field goal attempts coming in the paint, but drifted out more as the game went on. He took multiple threes in a game for the first time this season, going 1 for 3 from deep.

Kyshawn George, who struggled with fouls as a rookie, fouled out with about four minutes left in the game. He had six points, eight rebounds and five assists on 3-for-7 shooting one game after he finished with a career-high 34 points.

Highlights can be found here.

Dateline: Dallas

What happened: The Wizards won — on the road, no less.

Washington beat the Dallas Mavericks, 117-107, on Friday at American Airlines Center. Kyshawn George led all scorers and set a career high with 34 points. The second-year forward added 11 rebounds, four assists, two steals and three blocks. He shot 11 for 15 from the field and 7 for 9 from three. Anthony Davis led Dallas with 27 points.

The Wizards (1-1) trailed by 14 early but surged back in the second quarter. They held Dallas to just 17 points in the frame, with the Mavericks (0-2) shooting 30.4 percent from the field and 11.1 percent from deep. Dallas native Tre Johnson scored 10 of his 17 points in the quarter, which ended with Washington up six.

The Wizards’ lead ballooned to 17 in the third quarter, but they needed to fend off a late Mavericks run. Washington’s advantage dwindled to four with about six minutes left in the game before they reestablished control with a 14-6 run.

What mattered: Coach Brian Keefe made some nuanced adjustments — kidding. You read George’s stat line. What else could it be?

The second-year forward was the best player on a court that featured Davis and Cooper Flagg. He did a little bit of everything on the court. He ran Washington’s offense like a point guard and manned its defensive backline like a big man.

Also notable was the Wizards’ resilience. For the second straight game, they fell behind early. But for the second straight game, they clawed back into the game — and this time won it.

Highlights can be found here.

Next up:

Sunday: vs. Charlotte Hornets, 6 p.m. (Monumental Sports Network)

Tuesday: vs. Philadelphia 76ers, 7 p.m. (Monumental Sports Network)

Thursday: @ Oklahoma City Thunder, 8 p.m. (Monumental Sports Network)

Dateline: Milwaukee

What happened: The Wizards started the new season with a 133-120 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday. The only time Washington didn’t trail was when the game was scoreless.

Khris Middleton, who played 12 seasons with the Bucks, returned to Fiserv Forum for the first time after being traded at last season’s deadline. He received multiple standing ovations and a tribute video before scoring a team-high 23 points on 9-for-14 shooting.

His former teammate Giannis Antetokounmpo had game-high numbers with 37 points, 14 rebounds and five assists.

What mattered: The Wizards’ Tre Johnson, the No. 6 pick in June’s draft, scored 16 points on 5-for-11 shooting in his NBA debut. The rookie showed off his heralded three-point stroke, making 4 of 8 from deep.

The Wizards also got 21 points from Kyshawn George, who shot 7 for 15. George added nine rebounds and shot eight free throws, making four.

Last year’s No. 2 pick, Alex Sarr, finished with 10 points on 5-for-10 shooting. He added 12 rebounds and, notably, did not take a three-pointer for the first time in his young career, part of what looks like an emphasis on attacking in the paint.

The Wizards’ defense struggled from the start, allowing repeated dribble penetration and open three-point attempts. The Bucks shot 60 percent from the field and 61.5 percent from three-point range in the first quarter and led by 19 at halftime.

Coach Brian Keefe tweaked things in the second half. He took Sarr, who had been guarding Milwaukee center Myles Turner, and often put him on Antetokounmpo. The switch worked — somewhat. Antetokounmpo went 5 for 11 in the third quarter and took just one free throw as the Wizards trimmed their deficit to seven on a few occasions.

The salve was temporary, however, as Antetokounmpo scored 14 points in the fourth quarter to put the Wizards away.

Highlights can be found here.

What happened: The Wizards closed their preseason slate Thursday with a 119-98 loss to the Pistons at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit. Kyshawn George — more on him in a bit — led Washington with 20 points. Jalen Duren also had 20 to pace Detroit.

Bub Carrington played just four minutes before exiting after an awkward fall. He was ruled out with left knee soreness but was on the bench late in the game.

What mattered: Outside of the severity of Carrington’s injury, it was George’s performance.

The second-year forward added six rebounds, two assists, a steal and a block. He shot 8 for 11 from the field. The 21-year-old’s strength consistently showed up in the preseason, either to hold off defenders or to bump them away — a move he used multiple times to create space against the Pistons.

Alex Sarr returned after being a healthy scratch for Washington’s second preseason game and played 23 minutes. He scored 10 points, and while he wasn’t efficient — going 2 for 8 from the field — he played with impressive physicality on both ends, a continuation of his performance from the preseason opener.

He went 6 for 6 from the free throw line and notched team highs in rebounds (nine) and blocks (two). He was the only Wizard who played more than 10 minutes to register a positive point differential while on the court.

Highlights can be found here.

What happened? Washington throttled a New York team that sat most of its rotation, 120-103, at Madison Square Garden on Monday night. Alex Sarr, Khris Middleton and CJ McCollum were healthy scratches for Washington, which was playing the second half of a back-to-back.

Knicks guard Tyler Kolek scored 20 points to lead all scorers. Wizards big man Marvin Bagley III notched team highs in points (18) and rebounds (11).

What mattered? It’s preseason, so not too much, but Monday was a strong performance by many of the young Wizards.

Rookies Tre Johnson (10 points, 4-for-7 shooting, three assists) and Will Riley (17 points, 7-for-11 shooting) looked more comfortable in their second outings. Johnson made 2 of 4 three-point attempts, including a pull-up make in transition. Riley played extensively with Coach Brian Keefe’s second unit and looked smooth on offense, stringing together moves to get to the hoop and moving well without the ball.

Second-year players Kyshawn George and Bub Carrington, who combined to shoot 3 for 22 (13.6 percent) in Sunday’s preseason opener, were much better against the Knicks. George scored 11 points on 3-for-6 shooting, making all four of his free throws. Carrington made all three of his field goal attempts and had eight points, four assists and three rebounds.

Highlights can be found here.

What happened? The Wizards trailed the Toronto Raptors by as many as 16 in the fourth quarter of their preseason opener at Capital One Arena on Sunday. But Washington came back to take a one-point lead with eight-tenths of a second left after rookie Will Riley knocked down two free throws.

Olivier Sarr — the older brother of second-year Wizards center Alex Sarr — scored an alley-oop layup as time expired to give the Raptors a 113-112 win.

“[Olivier] wasn’t even saying anything [after the buzzer-beater],” Alex Sarr said. “He was just screaming and I was like: ‘All right, get out of here. It’s preseason, man.’”

CJ McCollum scored a game-high 19 points for the Wizards. Immanuel Quickley led the Raptors with 18.

What mattered? It’s the first preseason game, so not much. The most important thing for the Wizards was that they exited the game healthy. Sarr, who missed the first part of training camp with a calf injury suffered during EuroBasket play, logged 17 minutes.

Sarr — playing his brother in an organized game for the first time — looked more comfortable in the paint than he did as a rookie, scoring 12 points on 4-for-5 shooting. Sarr added eight rebounds, two blocks and a steal.

Washington’s defense performed well against a Raptors team that was 25th in offensive rating (points per 100 possessions) last season, per Cleaning the Glass. Toronto shot just 33.6 percent.

The Raptors attempted 18 more field goals. The Wizards committed 19 turnovers and shot just 39.3 percent against a hyperphysical defense that sped them up. Kyshawn George, Bub Carrington and Tre Johnson combined for just 23 points on 6-for-31 shooting (19.4 percent) and committed seven turnovers.

Nov. 19: at Minnesota Timberwolves, 8

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