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SPORTS Monday 14 January 2019
Ibaka's 3-pointer helps Raptors

survive Wizards in double OT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The missed seven of nine from want to live a fun life.
Toronto Raptors began the field in the second OT "It's a great time. It's a play-
with a rush. They scored the and didn't score for nearly ers' and coaches' dream.
first nine points against the 3½ minutes, but Washing- You get to go to a cool city.
Washington Wizards, built ton could only push ahead We have some pretty cool
a 19-point lead in the first by three points during that things planned, some great
quarter and went ahead stretch. sights to see, dinners to at-
by 23 in the second quar- "We got lucky to get out of tend, some appearances
ter. here with a win," Raptors to make. That's part of be-
Near the end of the third coach Nick Nurse said. ing in the NBA. It's a respon-
quarter, Toronto still led by Pascal Siakim scored 24 sibility that we all have and
17 points. Then Washington and had a career-high 19 we all share."
got hot and forced one rebounds for the Raptors. LIFE WITHOUT WALL
overtime and then anoth- Otto Porter, who had 27 Washington is getting used
er. points, missed a 3-pointer to playing without John
Serge Ibaka's 3-pointer with with 6 seconds to play in Wall, who underwent sea-
15 seconds left in the sec- the second OT. son-ending left heel surgery
ond overtime allowed the Trevor Ariza narrowly on Jan. 8. The Wizards beat
Raptors to survive and earn missed his second career Philadelphia and Milwau-
their fifth straight win, 140- triple-double. He had 23 kee, two of the East's top Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beal (3) goes to the basket
138 over the Wizards on points, 10 assists and nine teams, before narrowly los- against Toronto Raptors forward OG Anunoby (3) and guard Kyle
Sunday. rebounds before fouling ing to Toronto, which has Lowry (7) during the second half of an NBA basketball game,
"It shouldn't come down to out with 44.7 seconds left. the best record in the NBA. Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019, in Washington.
the last possession," Kawhi TIP-INS Associated Press
Leonard said. "We need to Raptors: F/G C.J. Miles
close out games better." was out with a sore right
Leonard, who played a hip. "Miles has been strug-
season-high 45 minutes, led gling," Nurse said. "We tried
Toronto with 41 points and to give him a go the other
11 rebounds. night. He still wasn't quite
"Tonight he played like a su- right. We're going to try
perstar," Ibaka said. "That's and see if we can get him
how we need him to play a little more squared away
and he did his job as a su- with what's wrong with him.
perstar. When we need him ... G Fred VanVleet did not
to step up and make big play because of a bruised
plays, he did them for us." left thigh. "Freddy took a
Bradley Beal had his sec- big shot the other night late
ond triple-double of the in the game," Nurse said.
season, collecting season Wizards: G Tomas Satoran-
highs of 43 points and 15 sky, who had his first career
assists along with 10 re- triple-double on Friday,
bounds. His 3-pointer with had just four points on 2-for-
20.4 seconds left in regula- 13 shooting. ... Beal missed
tion tied it at 124 to force eight of nine shots in the first
overtime. His jumper with quarter. ... F Jeff Green was
6.8 seconds to play in the assessed a technical foul.
first overtime tied it at 131. LONDON CALLING
Beal joined Oscar Robert- Washington will face the
son as the only players in New York Knicks in London
NBA history with multiple on Thursday.
games of 40 points, 15 as- "We want to enjoy it,"
sists and 10 rebounds in coach Scott Brooks said.
a season. Robertson had "We're not going to be
three such games in 1961- there where you're just go-
62. ing to focus on basketball.
He didn't have much to We all have lives. We all
say about it, though, leav-
ing the locker room before
it opened to the media as
the Wizards scrambled to
make a flight to London for
its next game.
Washington never led until
early in the second over-
time.
Leonard had 13 straight
points in the fourth quar-
ter and overtime. Toronto