Gary Trent Jr. made a pull-up 3-pointer at the buzzer, and the Toronto Raptors rallied from 19 points down in the third quarter to beat the Washington Wizards 103-101.
The Raptors trailed 61-51 at halftime and 74-55 with 9:16 left in the third quarter. They outscored the Wizards 48-27 the rest of the way.
During clutch time, the Wizards outscored the Raptors 9-7. Russell Westbrook (No. 4 in clutch points, 2020-21) scored 7 of the Wizards’ 9 on 2 for 4 shooting and 2 for 2 at the line. Early in the fourth quarter, Malachi Flynn had 2 of his 4 steals in 20 seconds, the first leading to OG Anunoby’s driving dunk and the second to Anunoby’s 16-foot pull-up jumper.
Pascal Siakam scored 22 points (20 in the paint) on 10 for 16 shooting. Trent added 16 points, and DeAndre' Bembry scored 15 points (14 in the paint) on 7 for 10 shooting.
For the Wizards, Westbrook had 23 points, 14 rebounds and 11 assists, his 19th triple-double of the season, and Davis Bertans added 17 points on 5 for 8 shooting.
The Raptors outscored the Wizards 64-34 in the paint. The Raptors outscored the Wizards 19-4 in 5 minutes with Baynes, Bembry, Anunoby, Watanabe and Flynn on the floor together.