Community Picks: Washington 0% vs Toronto 0%

Washington and Toronto Thread

Team Tweets & News Articles

For the first time in almost 17 years, the Toronto Raptors are off to a winning start in a playoff series. Serge Ibaka had 23 points and 12 rebounds, Delon Wright scored 11 of his 18 points in the fourth quarter, and the Raptors snapped a 10-game losing streak in playoff openers by beating the Washington Wizards 114-106 on Saturday. ''It's out of the way now,'' DeMar DeRozan said of the streak. Continue to Article

April 14, 2018 9:54:pm EST

Washington Wizards guard Jodie Meeks was suspended 25 games for violating the league's anti-drug program, ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski reported Friday. Meeks issued a direct denial to ESPN. The suspension means Meeks will miss the start of the playoffs and, if the Wizards do not play 25 games this postseason, the suspension will carry over to next season. Continue to Article

April 13, 2018 3:03:pm EST

Washington Wizards guard Jodie Meeks was suspended 25 games without pay by the NBA on Friday after testing positive for growth hormones in violation of the league's anti-drug policy. The league announced Meeks had tested positive for banned substances ipamorelin and growth hormone releasing peptide-2. The suspension will begin with Saturday's opening game of the Wizards' NBA playoff series against Eastern Conference top seed Toronto. Continue to Article

April 13, 2018 2:58:pm EST

After Wednesday night's loss to the Magic, the Washington Wizards fell to the eighth seed in the Eastern Conference and earned themselves a first round match-up against the top-seeded Toronto Raptors. The Wizards were without John Wall for all four regular Continue to Article

April 13, 2018 2:55:pm EST

Artemi Panarin scored 6:02 into overtime to give the Columbus Blue Jackets a 4-3 victory over the Washington Capitals on Thursday night in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series. Panarin made an incredible individual move to drive by fellow Russian Dmitry Orlov and went backhand-to-forehand to beat Philipp Grubauer top shelf. Game 2 is Sunday night in Washington. Alexander Wennberg, Thomas Vanek and Seth Jones scored in regulation, and Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 27 shots for Columbus, which got two power-play goals to continue a strong trend since the trade deadline. Wennberg left the game with an upper-body injury in the third period and didn't return. Jones, son of former NBA player Popeye Continue to Article

April 12, 2018 10:46:pm EST

Add Your Comment

Previous Matchups: 3/23 • 4/7