Game day: Raptors at Washington Wizards

CAPITAL ONE ARENA TIPOFF: 7 p.m. TV: TSN RADIO: TSN 1050

PROBABLE STARTERS

Toronto: Kyle Lowry, Danny Green, Kawhi Leonard, Pascal Siakam, Jonas Valanciunas. Washington: John Wall, Bradley Beal, Otto Porter Jr., Markieff Morris, Dwight Howard. KEY MATCHUP Green/Beal Wizards shooting guard Bradley Beal has lit the Raptors up in the past — he had 38 points in their first meeting of the season last year and two more 30-plus nights in the playoffs — but it’s the first time he’ll see Danny Green guarding him. The veteran Raptor has the size to handle Beal and the experience to limit his opportunities.

NEED TO KNOW

Washington centre Dwight Howard sat out a 113-112 home loss to Miami on Thursday with a bad back but is expected to be ready. John Wall had 26 points for the Wizards … Toronto’s starting lineup is an approxima- tion. There are still a few moving parts … The Wizards lost big man Marcin Gortat in the summer but picked up Howard, forward Jeff Green and guard Austin Rivers to add some much-needed depth. Howard is with his fourth team in four years, and his sixth overall … C.J. Miles made six three-pointers the last time the Raptors and Wizards met in a regularseason game.

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