Overview
- Tipoff is 7 p.m. ET at Capital One Arena for the teams’ second meeting of the season.
- Toronto has ruled out RJ Barrett (knee) and Jakob Poeltl (back), and listed Scottie Barnes as questionable with illness; Washington ruled out Corey Kispert (hamstring) and Cam Whitmore.
- The Raptors enter at 18-13, fourth in the East, while the Wizards are 5-23 and last in the conference.
- Washington ranks 30th in defensive rating and has the league’s worst point differential, and it is on a four-game home slide.
- Toronto won the Nov. 21 matchup 140-110, with Brandon Ingram scoring 24 as CJ McCollum, Washington’s top scorer at 18.6 ppg, had 20.