The Washington Wizards host the Toronto Raptors on Sunday. Here’s the preview.
When: Sunday, Oct. 12 at 3 p.m. ET
Where: Capital One Arena, Washington
How to watch: Monumental Sports Network or NBA TV
Injuries: For the Wizards, Bilal Coulibaly (thumb) is out. Alex Sarr (calf) and AJ Johnson (leg) are day-to-day.
For the Raptors, no players are definitively out, but Scottie Barnes (knee) and Jakob Poeltl (back) sat out their preseason game against the Boston Celtics last night. Collin Murray-Boyles had a rib injury during the Celtics game and is day-to-day.
The Wizards finally begin their 2025-26 NBA season. Sort of. It’s really the preseason. But still, we haven’t seen the Wizards play a game in six months. So tomorrow, we will see how returning young players like Alex Sarr (hopefully), Bub Carrington, Kyshawn George and Tristan Vukcevic will mesh with the rookies like Tre Johnson, Will Riley and Jamir Watkins. And of course, we have to see how the Wizards’ veterans such as CJ McCollum, Khris Middleton and Corey Kispert. Bilal Coulibaly will be out due to a thumb injury he suffered during EuroBasket.
Do I expect to see heavy minutes from the veterans? Probably not.
For the Raptors, hopefully, we’ll see more of their rookie forward Murray-Bowles and see some minutes from Poeltl and former Wizards Garrett Temple, the latter who re-signed with them last season. The Raptors also had one of the NBA’s top defenses after the All-Star break ([SECOND in fact](https://www.nba.com/news/2025-26-season-preview-tor)) last season, and we’ll have to see how Washington fares against that tomorrow.
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