{"id":9569,"date":"2024-10-07T05:14:33","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T09:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/?p=9569"},"modified":"2024-10-07T07:14:52","modified_gmt":"2024-10-07T11:14:52","slug":"toronto-raptors-kick-off-pre-season-with-125-98-victory-against-washington-wizards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/toronto-raptors-kick-off-pre-season-with-125-98-victory-against-washington-wizards","title":{"rendered":"Raptors Kick Off Pre-Season With 125-98 Victory Against Wizards\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"380\" height=\"250\" src=\"http:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/rj-barrett-scores-against-the-washington-wizards-in-preseason-game-2024.jpg\" alt=\"RJ Barrett scores against the Washington Wizards in preseason game 2024\" class=\"wp-image-9570\" style=\"width:300px\" title=\"Toronto Raptors Kick Off Pre-Season With 125-98 Victory Against Washington Wizards\u00a0\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Toronto Raptors defeated the Washington Wizards 125-98 in the first preseason game in Montreal.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chris Boucher scored 13 points and grabbed six rebounds.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gradey Dick, Kelly Olynyk, Jamal Shead, Jahmi&#8217;us Ramsey, and Jamison Battle each scored 10 points.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>Toronto Raptors<\/strong> kicked off their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/basketball\/nba\">NBA pre-season<\/a> in style, dominating the <strong>Washington Wizards<\/strong> <em>125-98<\/em> in Montreal on Sunday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the absence of stars <strong>Scottie Barnes<\/strong> and <strong>Immanuel Quickley<\/strong>, hometown hero <strong>Chris Boucher<\/strong> stole the show at the Bell Centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The longest-serving Raptor<strong> scored 13 points and grabbed six rebounds in just 17 minutes<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"the-fans-support-us\">\u201cThe Fans Support Us\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/slimmduck\">Chris Boucher<\/a>\u2019s performance electrified the sellout crowd of 21,900, many of whom were friends and family.\u00a0The 31-year-old born in Saint Lucian on his second NBA pre-season game played in Montreal said<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The fans support us, they embrace us when we&#8217;re in town, and you can feel the love. 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