Paul Pierce scored 5 of his 20 points in overtime, Nene had 12 points and 13 rebounds, and the Washington Wizards beat the host Toronto Raptors, 93-86, on Saturday in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series.
Pierce hit a 3-pointer, his fourth of the game, to begin the extra session, further tormenting a Raptors team he helped eliminate as a member of the Brooklyn Nets in last year’s playoffs. He then derided the Raptors this week by saying, “I don’t feel they have the ‘It’ that makes you worried,” in an interview with ESPN.