Off the wire
• Hong Kong stocks close higher by midday  • Backgrounder:Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence  • (Recast) Urgent: Xi urges rich countries to help developing world with no political strings attached  • Backgrounder: the Ten Principles of Bandung  • China speeds up purchase of sports assets worldwide  • Urgent: China to provide 100,000 training opportunities for Asian, African countries  • Urgent: Chinese president starts addressing Asian-African summit  • Urgent: Xi urges rich countries to help developing world with political string attached  • Urgent: Xi urges to build new type of international relations on Bandung Spirit  • New Zealand defence minister to discuss Afghanistan, Asia-Pacific security during foreign trip  
You are here: 　 Home

John Wall's 17 assists lift Wizards over Raptors

Xinhua, April 22, 2015 Adjust font size:

John Wall had 26 points and 17 assists as the Washington Wizards beat the Toronto Raptors 117-106 on Tuesday to take a 2-0 lead in the first-round NBA playoff series.

Bradley Beal scored 28 points. Marcin Gortat netted 16 points, Otto Porter had 15 and Paul Pierce added 10 for the Wizards.

Jonas Valanciunas had 15 points and 10 rebounds and Sixth Man Award winner Lou Williams scored 20 points for the Toronto. DeMar DeRozan made 20 points, Patrick Patterson had 15 and Amir Johnson added 10 for the Raptors.

The Washington started a 13-0 run to take the lead on 60-49 at halftime. The Raptors opened the third with a 12-3 run, cutting the deficit to 63-61, but Washington responded with 10 straight points to restore its double-digit lead. The Wizards asserted authority in the paint with 45 rebounds while the Raptors had 28. Endi