Just last year, a Toronto Raptors versus Washington Wizards match-up would have been a battle of two rebuilding teams at the bottom of the NBA standings.
Not anymore after a 140-110 loss.
The Raptors are one of the hottest teams right now in the NBA. They have won 10 out of their last 11 games now.
On the other hand the Wizards have lost 13 in a row now. The Wizards are arguably THE worst team in the league.
This was was never close. The Wizards, as usual, struggle to put the basket inside the hoop.
But they also struggle mightily in preventing the opponent from doing the same.
The first quarter ended 20-31 with the Wizards never really showing any resistance or fight. The Raptors played much of their bench in the second quarter, but then in the third quarter blew the game completely open.
Listen to this: the Wizards allowed 48 (forty eight) points in the third quarter. That is absurd and just shows of lack of energy/motivation/fight or whatever you want to call it. It is plain embarrassing to come out of the locker room with such low energy.
Or perhaps it is a coaching issue?
At any rate, the fourth quarter was complete and utter garbage time.
CJ McCollum stunk the floor the least with 20 points, to lead the Wizards. He is probably thinking about his next team. Tre Johnson had 14 and 3-from-5 from deep in 19 minutes.
For the Raptors, everyone had a night. Four players had over 23 points… They made 14-of-29 from deep and had 39 free throws…
The Wizards remain win-less in NBA Cup play.
The Wizards next face the Bulls in Chicago tomorrow on a back-to-back.
