This is a 10* ART OF WAR on the Washington Wizards.

While I obviously feel that the outright win isn't out of the question here, I will in the end recommend grabbing as many points as you can as I expect the visitors to at the very least, keep this one close enough to sneak in through the back door down the stretch. Ultimately I think that the Raptors' lack of a true big man will be a major detriment to them in this series. A lot of the focus of this series is of course in the back-court, each team sports strong units, the Raptors have Lowry and DeRozan while the Wizards have Wall and Beal; clearly this area is a "wash." To say this is a "revenge" game for the visitors though would be a massive understatement as Toronto took all three in the regular season series this year and three of four last season; note though that three of the past four meetings have been decided by five points or fewer, with two going into the extra frame. The Wizards remain confident: "With the playoffs here, (regular season results) don't matter," Beal said. "It's a totally different style of basketball. Totally different mentalities, totally different intensity level, totally different atmosphere." With part of the Raptors attention turned to veteran Paul Pierce, I think that WASHINGTON can take advantage this afternoon.

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