Schedule and 2017-18 Results
Regular Season Records: Toronto 59-23, Washington 43-39
Game 1 on Saturday 14 April: Washington loses at Toronto, 114-pts-106
Game 2 on Tuesday 17 April: Washington loses at Toronto, 130-pts-119
Game 3 on Friday 20 April: Toronto loses at Washington, 122-pts-103
Game 4 on Sunday 22 April: Toronto loses at Washington, 106-pts-98
Game 5 on Wednesday 25 April: Washington loses at Toronto, 108-pts-98
Game 6 on Friday 27 April: Toronto wins at Washington, 102-pts-92

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 6: The Toronto Raptors visited and bested the Washington Wizards 102-pts-92 to complete a 4-games-2 best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1368 victory. With the series 1368 win, the Toronto Raptors improve their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 4-7 overall and 3-4 in the Preliminary round. With the series 1368 loss, the Washington Wizards see their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record fall to 4-8 overall and 4-4 in the Preliminary round. The win order for the victorious Toronto Raptors in series 1368 was WWLLWW: Series 1368 thus becomes the tenth NBA Preliminary-round series, the 35th NBA series (all rounds), and the 79th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. Toronto trailed the Wizards in Washington by ten points after the first quarter of series 1368 Game 6, but prevailed. In the history of best-of-7 NBA playoff series, road teams such as Toronto which trailed by ten points after the first quarter had a game record of 11-62 (.151).

Afte r Game 5: The Toronto Raptors hosted and defeated the Washington Wizards 108-pts-98 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1368 lead of 3-games-2. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the Toronto Raptors have a series record of 3-1 and a Game 6 record of 1-3. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the Washington Wizards have a series record of 0-5 and a Game 6 record of 1-4.

After Game 4: The Washington Wizards hosted and topped the Toronto Raptors 106-pts-98 to knot best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1368 at 2-games-all. When tied 2-games-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the Toronto Raptors have a series record of 3-3 and a Game 5 record of 4-2, while the Washington Wizards have a series record of 2-3 and a Game 5 record of 2-3. In all five best-of-7 NBA playoff series in which the Washington Wizards were tied 2-games-all after four games, the Washington Game 5 outcome presaged the Washington series outcome (two wins; three losses). Washington trailed the visiting Toronto Raptors by eleven points at halftime of series 1368 Game 4: In the history of best-of-7 NBA playoff games since 1947, inclusive, home teams down eleven points at halftime had a game record of 10-27 (.270).

After Game 3: The Washington Wizards hosted and bested the Toronto Raptors 122-pts-103 to reduce the Toronto Raptors best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL series 1368 lead to 2-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Toronto Raptors have a series record of 2-1 and a Game 4 record of 0-3. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Washington Wizards have a series record of 1-4 with an active four-series losing streak and a Game 4 record of 3-2.

After Game 2: The Toronto Raptors hosted and defeated the Washington Wizards 130-pts-119 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1368 lead of 2-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Toronto Raptors have a series record of 0-0 and a Game 3 record of 0-0 (i.e., series 1368 is the first best-of-7 NBA playoff series which the Toronto Raptors have led 2-games-nil). When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Washington Wizards have a series record of 1-4 with an active four-series losing streak and a Game 3 record of 3-2. The 44 points scored by the Toronto Raptors in the first quarter of series 1368 Game 2 tie for the third-most first-quarter points ever in a best-of-7 NBA playoff game.

After Game 1: The Toronto Raptors hosted and defeated the Washington Wizards 114-pts-106 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1368 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Toronto Raptors have a series record of 0-1 and a Game 2 record of 0-1. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Washington Wizards have a series record of 1-5 with an active five-series losing streak and a Game 2 record of 1-5. With their series 1368 Game 1 win, the Toronto Raptors snap a nine-Game 1 losing streak in best-of-7 NBA playoff series. Only once before had Toronto led a best-of-7 NBA playoff series 1-game-nil: Series 838, which the Raptors lost to the Philadelphia 76ers in seven games in the 2001 NBA Quarterfinals.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2017-18 NBA regular season, the Toronto Raptors finished 16 games ahead of the Washington Wizards. From 1947 through the 2017 NBA Finals round, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by 16 regular-season games, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 10-2 (.833) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1368 is the eleventh best-of-7 NBA playoff series for the Toronto Raptors, and the 12th for the Washington Wizards. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the Toronto Raptors have an all-rounds series record of 3-7, a Preliminary-round series record of 2-4, and a Game 1 record of 1-9 with an active nine-Game 1 losing streak, while the Washington Wizards have an all-rounds series record of 4-7, a Preliminary-round series record of 4-3, and a Game 1 record of 5-6. Series 1368 is the second best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting between the Toronto Raptors and the Washington Wizards. Washington defeated Toronto in their only previous best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting, via a four-game sweep in the 2015 NBA Preliminary round..