WASHINGTON — The Wizards‘ All-Star duo turned in star performances Friday night and now Washington has a chance to even its first-round series with the top-seeded Toronto Raptors on Sunday at Capital One Arena.

John Wall and Bradley Beal scored 28 points apiece Randall Cobb Jersey , Wall added 14 assists and Wizards turned in a cocky, aggressive effort to get back in the series with a 122-103 Game 3 victory.

The Wizards will go for their eighth straight home playoff win Sunday.

“We came out tonight with an edge about ourselves,” Beal told thesportscapital.com. “We’ve got to protect our home floor. Toronto did what they were supposed to do. They won on their home floor. We had to do the same.”

Beal rebounded from a 3-of-11 effort (nine points) in Game 2, scoring 21 first-half points as Washington built an eight-point lead at intermission it never relinquished.

“For the most part, I just wanted to be aggressive and get shots I want versus what they’re going to force me to take,” Beal told The Washington Post.

Beal and Wall combined for 22-of-42 shooting and 10 rebounds.

“When they play at that level, they are really good,” Raptors guard Kyle Lowry told the Toronto Sun regarding the Wall-Beal tandem. “They are the heads of the snake, and we’ve got to cut them off.”

The Wizards outshot the Raptors 55.3 percent to 45.1 percent in an intense, chippy game that featured several altercations.

But the bigger problem for Toronto was holding on to the ball.

“You can’t turn the ball over 19 times for 28 points Jimmy Howard Jersey ,” Toronto coach Dwane Casey told the Globe and Mail. “Your hat has to go off to Washington; they came out and punched us and we allowed them to. Nineteen turnovers, they shoot 55 percent, that’s the ballgame.”

The Raptors continue to miss reserve guard Fred VanVleet. For the second game in a row, the Washington bench outscored the Raptors’ vaunted second unit, this time 35-32.

Toronto’s C.J. Miles converted 8 of 13 3-point attempts in the first two games, but a tighter Washington defense held him to 1 of 5 on Friday night.

“I think we have to be more aggressive,” Raptors reserve Pascal Siakam told the Sun regarding the Wizards’ bench. “They were ready tonight and they took us out of what we wanted to do. We have to be ready when we come out and make sure we throw the first punch.”

Washington reserves Mike Scott and Kelly Oubre Jr. scored 12 points apiece.

There had been talk of the Wizards shaking up their lineup after Game 2, but coach Scott Brooks stuck with his regulars, saying before the game that he was “confident in the group.”

Center Marcin Gortat — minus his mohawk — rewarded him with 16 points on 8-of-10 shooting and five rebounds in front of the home crowd.

“Playing on the road the first two games kind of caught us off guard,” Washington’s Markieff Morris told thesportscapital.com. “We came back home and settled down. Got the first win. Try to get the one on Sunday and then move on from there.”

Washington is looking for a partial repeat of history. Last year Authentic Mitchell Marner Jersey , it dropped the first two games of the Eastern Conference semifinals in Boston before winning Games 3 and 4 in Washington.

The Capitals ultimately won Game 6 at home before dropping Game 7 in Boston.

CLEVELAND — Cleveland Indians starting pitchers lead the American League in wins with a 44-23 record, and they’re second with an ERA of 3.39.

Cleveland’s remarkable starting pitching depth will be on display Sunday afternoon at Progressive Field in the finale of a three-game series with the Oakland Athletics. The teams split the first two games, with Oakland winning 6-3 on Saturday to snap Cleveland’s five-game winning streak.

Rookie Shane Bieber will start Sunday for the Indians. In a combined 17 starts for Cleveland and Triple-A Columbus, Bieber is 10-1 with a 1.77 ERA — and he’s the No. 5 starter in the Indians’ rotation.

The rotation is led by two-time Cy Young Award winner Corey Kluber and Trevor Bauer, who ranks third in the AL in strikeouts and innings pitched and is fifth in ERA.

The No. 3 starter is Carlos Carrasco, a 17-game winner last year when he finished fourth in the Cy Young Award voting. The No. 4 starter is Mike Clevinger, who in 38 starts since the beginning of the 2017 season is 18-7 with a 3.07 ERA.

“Good baseball starts with good starting pitching,” Indians manager Terry Francona said. “Having good starting pitching always enhances your chances to win, and we’ve got five very good starting pitchers.”

Bieber is the newest addition to that rotation, having replaced Josh Tomlin in the No. 5 spot. Like Tomlin Charles Mann Jersey , Bieber’s calling card is impeccable control. In his 17 starts between Cleveland and Columbus, Bieber has pitched 107 innings and has 101 strikeouts and 11 walks.

In his five starts with the Indians, Bieber is 4-0 with a 2.97 ERA. His last start was the worst of the five, but he still won the game. On July 3, he was a 6-4 winner over Kansas City, pitching six innings and giving up four runs and nine hits with two strikeouts and one walk.

Sunday will be Bieber’s first career start against Oakland.

The A’s on Sunday will activate left-hander Brett Anderson (0-2, 7.63 ERA) off the disabled list and he will make his first start since May 18. Anderson was removed from that start after one inning because of a sore shoulder and placed on the disabled list the next day. In four starts before the injury, he was 0-2 with a 7.63 ERA.

Anderson will make his first appearance against the Indians since Aug. 27, 2012, when he pitched seven scoreless innings and gave up two hits in a 3-0 win. Only two players in Cleveland’s lineup that day are still with the Indians: Michael Brantley and Jason Kipnis.

In four career starts against Cleveland T.J. Oshie Jersey , Anderson is 2-0 with a 0.96 ERA.

The A’s on Saturday made a roster move, putting outfielder Matt Joyce on the 10-day disabled list with a lumbar strain, the second time this season that Joyce has spent time on the DL with the same back condition.

To replace Joyce on the roster, the A’s recalled outfielder Nick Martini from Triple-A. In 73 games with Nashville, Martini was hitting .308 with six home runs and 40 RBIs. This is his third stint with the A’s this year. In the first two, he was 1-for-10 with one RBI in five games.

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