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Updated NBA Playoff Picture: Wizards beat Raptors in Game 1

By Josh Hill

Apr 18, 2015; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Toronto Raptors guard Kyle Lowry (7) defends against Washington Wizards center Kevin Seraphin (13) during the first half in game one of the first round of the NBA Playoffs at Air Canada Centre. Mandatory Credit: John E. Sokolowski-USA TODAY Sports
Apr 18, 2015; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Toronto Raptors guard Kyle Lowry (7) defends against Washington Wizards center Kevin Seraphin (13) during the first half in game one of the first round of the NBA Playoffs at Air Canada Centre. Mandatory Credit: John E. Sokolowski-USA TODAY Sports /
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The NBA Playoff Picture is still fluid, as the last 16 teams are left standing but the fight for the NBA Finals is just beginning. 

Things got off to a hot start in the NBA Playoffs, as the Toronto Raptors and Washington Wizards turned in a playoff doozy to tip the postseason off. Toronto hadn’t ever one a Game 1 in franchise history, and that was something DeMar DeRozan and company tried to change on Saturday afternoon.

Washington controlled most of the game, but not all of the game and that ended up being critical down the stretch of the game. Despite leading for mostly all of the game, the Wizards puked away with the lead with under a minute to go int he game and allowed the Raptors to tie things up 82-82.

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All Washington needed to do was not be the worst fourth quarter team in the NBA — something they had been all season long — but they couldn’t get out of that rut and allowed the Raptors, and their crowd, back into the game in the late stages.

Washington was able to survive in overtime, but this was just the start of what should be a wildly entertaining series through and through.

Here’s a look at the updated NBA Playoff Picture after the Wizards downed the Raptors in Game 1 of their series on Saturday afternoon:

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Regardless of who won, the final few minutes of this game proved that this is going to e a series worth being glued to as long as it lasts. Washington crept out of the first-round last season but Toronto was stopped by Paul Pierce and Brooklyn.

That storyline is prevalent, but the way these two teams have played so far in Game 1 is an excellent precursor to what should be an amazing series right up to the very end.

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