Raptors faced an one win road team in the Wizards and had a productive night

To start thinking about if the Raptors lost this game against the Wizards would of been embarrassing and the Wizards run of 15-5 to make it 98-94 when it had been 93-79 was a little scary as it looked like the Raptors were going to melt and lose the game at the end but the Raptors found some offensive to close out the game after staring the fourth quarter 3 for 14 from the floor. The way they also came out and played in the second quarter as the Wizards went on a massive 16-4 run to take a 33-27 first quarter lead and let the Wizards take a 43-37 lead but were able to get back the lead and go into the second half with a 62-53 lead.

The Raptors got lots of rebounds from Reggie Evans with 15 of the Raptors 36 boards in the game and was the solidest player off the bench as Barbosa still shoot a tone with 11 shots in 18 minutes and he made 4 of them and had 15 points with one assist and Ed Davis had 4 boards in 13 minutes. The real positives were DeMar DeRozan's shot selection going 11 for 15 from the floor and was 8 of 9 free throws and he had 30 points and Andrea Bargnani was 15 for 18 from the line which means he went hard and his 8 for 15 was solid with his 33 points but the surprising part of his game was his 5 assists in the game which was one less than Calderon's 6 to go with his 17 points. James Johnson had 5 assists and 5 boards along with 3 blocks in his 29 minutes on the floor which was the most rub he has had since the Bulls game which was his first game as a raptor while they had 41 free throws which is amazing and that they made 33 of them which could been a bit better.

For the Wizards Trevor Booker had 26 points and 13 boards along with Jordan Crawford had 25 points while this past No.1 draft pick John Wall had 21 points and 7 assists while JaVale McGee had 12 boards as the Wizards had 46 boards.

The Raptors were lucky this time that it was the Wizards because they had horrible stretches of the game defensively and it would of been a lose against most other teams and the Raptors need a coach that can get through to these guys as it would of and would of been a 20 plus point victory with a different coach as it is obvious he has no control of this team and will be gone with or without Brain as GM.

Another one down lots of games to come so lets get it over with

Tom Mehegan