The Washington Wizards outlasted the struggling Toronto Raptors 138-117 on Friday night.
Wizards star CJ McCollum and Bilal Coulibaly each added 21 points to help them reach their highest-scoring performance of the season.
The Raptors owned the NBA’s fourth-best defensive rating entering Friday.
Washington ended their four-game home losing streak but still has the NBA’s worst record, 6-23, shooting 59.3%, and out-rebounding the Raptors 46-33 and outscored the visitors 36-16 in the fourth quarter.
On the other hand, Brandon Ingram led the Raptors with 29 points, while Immanuel Quickley added 25, and Toronto has lost nine of 13.
Sandro Mamukelashvili dropped 13 points and 11 rebounds, as their starters were sidelined, including RJ Barrett with a knee sprain and Jakob Poeltl with a back strain.
Toronto closed an 11-point halftime deficit to two by the end of the third quarter before struggling against the Wizards in a late quarter.
Justin Champagnie and Bub Carrington sank consecutive three-pointers to stretch Washington’s lead to 10 points with 10:08 to play.
Followed by McCollum and Carrington, who hit three-pointers and George’s running layup in a spurt that extended it to 120-104.
The Raptors will begin a five-game homestand against the Warriors, while the Wizards continue their homestand against the Grizzlies on Sunday.
