That stretch starts with tonight’s opponent, the Wizards, who have a league-worst record of 1-13. A Raptors win would be the team’s sixth in a row – their longest winning streak since the 2021-22 season, when the team finished 48-34 and made their most recent playoff appearance.

Raptors guard Immanuel Quickley drives the Raptors offence in the first half of a WNBA Cup game against the Washington Wizards in Toronto on Friday. The Raptors improved to 3-0 in the tournament. A baby step, yes. A nice evolutionary step, also yes.

The Toronto Raptors became the first team to reach the knockout rounds of the NBA Cup on Friday, motoring into the last eight with a dominant 140-110 defeat of the Washington Wizards. RJ Barrett and Brandon Ingram scored 24 points apiece as the Raptors ...

BOTTOM LINE: The Toronto Raptors play the Washington Wizards in an NBA Cup in-season tournament group play matchup. The Raptors are 9-2 in Eastern Conference games. Toronto is third in the Eastern Conference with 54.9 points per game in the paint led by RJ ...

Celtics star Jaylen Brown will be sitting out of Saturday's game against the Raptors, after scoring 30 points on Friday.