The Washington Wizards faced little difficult at home in going past the Toronto Raptors and won 119-108 on Thursday on the back of Kyle Kuzma's 30 points in the game.
It was the second consecutive win for the Wizards, with Kristaps Porzingis being their second best scorer with 25 points.
Daniel Gafford had 18 points for Washington. Bradley Beal scored 15 points, Corey Kispert scored 10 points and Delon Wright had seven points and 11 assists.
OG Anunoby had 26 points for the Raptors. Jakob Poeltl added 23 points and 13 rebounds. Fred VanVleet and Scottie Barnes had 14 points each, Pascal Siakam scored 13 points and 11 rebounds and Chris Boucher added 12 points.
Washington took an 11-point lead into the fourth quarter and scored the first eight points of the quarter.
Anunoby made a 3-pointer with 7:23 to play, cutting the deficit to 11. Poeltl's layup cut the margin to nine with 5:25 left. Kuzma came back with a dunk and Porzingis hit a 12-footer to stretch the margin to 13 with four minutes remaining.
VanVleet made a layup to cut the deficit to eight with 1:56 to go, but Porzingis stretched the lead to 13 at 114-101 with a 3-pointer with 1:13 left. Anunoby's 3-pointer cut the margin to nine but it was not enough.
Kuzma scored the first 10 points of the game and Toronto responded with an 18-2 run. Washington led 24-20 after one quarter.
Jordan Goodwin's 3-pointer increased the lead to eight at 33-25 with 9:42 left in the second quarter. Wright's driving layup gave Washington a 50-36 lead with 4:36 remaining, Toronto used a 10-0 run to cut the margin to four with 55.3 seconds left, but Washington scored the final five points of the first half to lead 59-50.
Washington shot 54.5 percent (24-for-44) in the first half, led by Kuzma's 18 points. Toronto shot 41.3 percent (19-for-46), with Siakam scoring 13 points.
At the end of third quarter, the Wizards were leading 89-78.
(With agency inputs)
