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Summary

  • The NBA scheduled Toronto at Washington for 7 p.m. ET.
  • Both teams entered 1-0 after winning their openers.
  • A verified current score was unavailable at publication.

Confirmed matchup, uncertain score

The Toronto Raptors visited the Washington Wizards at Capital One Arena on Friday in a regular-season game scheduled for 7 p.m. ET. The start time passed, but available score sources conflicted or appeared stale, so this report does not characterize the game as final or attach an unverified score. [1] [2] [3]

The NBA page confirms the matchup and scheduled time. CBS Sports labeled its tracker final while displaying no score or period totals, and TheScore still showed both clubs at 1-0 with statistics from their opening games. Those inconsistencies prevent a reliable score-led report. [1] [2] [3]

Context and next update

Toronto and Washington each entered after an opening victory. Independent team-focused previews confirmed the venue and schedule while examining whether the Raptors could repeat their opening performance and how Washington would respond at home. [4] [5]

The final score, player leaders and decisive sequence remain unknown here. They should be added only after the league and an independent source display matching, current information. [1] [2] [3]

A scheduled game is a confirmed event, but a passed tip time is not proof of any particular score or period. The developing label preserves that distinction while the trackers stabilize. [1] [2] [3]

The teams’ 1-0 records describe their position before Friday, not after it. A stale record or earlier-game total can easily be mistaken for a live update, which is why this report identifies the conflict explicitly and leaves the score out. [1] [2] [3]

After the box score is confirmed, the update should explain whether Toronto sustained its opening-day form and how Washington performed in its home matchup. No causal explanation is offered before those facts are available. [1] [4] [5]

Reporting sources

  1. NBA · Toronto Raptors vs Washington Wizards game center ↗2026-10-23
  2. CBS Sports · Raptors at Wizards live tracker ↗2026-10-23
  3. TheScore · Raptors at Wizards matchup page ↗2026-10-23
  4. Bullets Forever · Wizards host the Raptors in Washington ↗2026-10-23
  5. Raptors HQ · Can the Raptors replicate opening-day dominance against the Wizards? ↗2026-10-23

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