{"id":2693,"date":"2018-04-16T19:03:31","date_gmt":"2018-04-16T19:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.offshoresportsbooks.com\/?p=2693"},"modified":"2024-07-17T13:09:36","modified_gmt":"2024-07-17T13:09:36","slug":"eastern-conference-playoffs-toronto-raptors-vs-washington-wizards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.offshoresportsbooks.com\/news\/eastern-conference-playoffs-toronto-raptors-vs-washington-wizards\/","title":{"rendered":"Eastern Conference Playoffs: Toronto Raptors vs. Washington Wizards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <strong>Toronto Raptors host the Washington Wizards<\/strong> in Game 2 of their best of 7 series on Tuesday night. Toronto won the series opener on Saturday by a score of 114-106. The Raptors are the top seed in the Eastern Conference, while the Wizards are the 8th seed. <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/offshoresportsbooks.com\/review\/mybookie\/\">The Toronto Raptors are -6.5 over the Washington Wizards on Tuesday.\u00a0<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This series should be a highly contested one, as the two teams split the season series, two wins a piece. Both teams feature terrific guard play; with the Raptors having Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan, and the <strong>Wizards<\/strong> countering with John Wall and Bradley Beal. <a href=\"https:\/\/dev.offshoresportsbooks.com\/odds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The <strong>Raptors<\/strong> and the Wizards both have the veteran depth that is needed to win a postseason series. <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"raptors-love-playing-at-home\"><strong>Raptors Love Playing at Home<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <strong>Toronto Raptors<\/strong> were tied for the best home record in the NBA during the regular season, and they continued the trend in game 1. The <strong>Raptors<\/strong> used their depth to come from behind and knock off the Wizards. Raptors\u2019 forward, Serge Ibaka, had a team high 23 points on 8-11 shooting. Toronto shot 53 percent from the field in the opener. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Despite winning game 1, <strong>Toronto<\/strong> will need much better play from both Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan if they are going to win game 2. The talented duo combined to score just 28 points and coughed up 7 turnovers on Saturday. Reserve, Delon Wright, stepped up and contributed 18 points to help lead the <strong>Raptors<\/strong> to victory. Toronto will need another great game from their bench if they want to take a 2-0 series lead.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"wizards-know-they-can-compete\"><strong>Wizards Know They Can Compete<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Sports\/wireStory\/ibaka-scores-23-raptors-win-game-beat-wizards-54475022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Washington<\/strong> looked like the better team for most of Game 1 on Saturday.<\/a> Wizards<strong>\u2019<\/strong> point guard, John Wall, was the best player on the floor and finished with 23 points and 15 assists. The Wizards didn\u2019t look phased by the raucous <strong>Raptors<\/strong> crowd, but just simply couldn\u2019t make enough plays down the stretch. Bradley Beal, one of the NBA\u2019s premier three point shooters, will need to make more than two shots from downtown in Game 2.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Markieff<\/strong> <strong>Morris<\/strong> also had a strong performance in the series opener. Morris had 22 points and 11 rebounds, but got hurt late in the game. The <strong>Wizards<\/strong> will need Morris to be healthy if they want to steal game 2 on the road. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"wizards-even-the-series\"><strong>Wizards Even the Series<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Forget about the playoff seeds in this series, because these are two very evenly matched teams. This game, and series, will come down to which guard duo will have the better night.<strong> Look for Bradley Beal to have a much better shooting night, and take some of the pressure off Wall. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>The Air Canada Centre will once again be rocking,<\/strong> but the Wizards have seen this type of atmosphere before. Toronto went on a big run late in the game Saturday to get the win, but the Wizards feel like they gave the game away. The Wizards will win this game and even the series 1-1.\u00a0<\/span><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/offshoresportsbooks.com\/review\/mybookie\/\">Bet on the Washington Wizards -6.5 over the Toronto Raptors on Tuesday.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/offshoresportsbooks.com\/review\/mybookie\/\">Bet on the NBA at BETUS<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Washington Wizards are at the Toronto Raptors for Game 2 of the 1st round series.","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2694,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3035],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Eastern Conference Playoffs: Toronto Raptors vs. Washington Wizards - 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