The Raptors went up against a wounded animal in the Washington Wizards who came in with a 0 and 8 record to start the season and the Raptors were in the middle of a 3 in 3 days so it looked like it might be a sandwich game.
The Raptors came out and took a first quarter lead of 20-17 and then in the second quarter the Raptors throw away 9 balls and lead to a 29-14 second quarter and a halftime lead @ 46-34 and in the third quarter it got worse as the Wizards outscored the Raptors 25-18 with 5 minutes left in the quarter it was Wizards 58-50 and then it went crazy as the Wizards outscored the Raptors 13-2 to give them a 71-52. Going into the fourth quarter the Wizards had 48 points in the paint and took carry of the ball (only 8 turnovers) and took care of the Raptors ball (17 turnovers) so heading into the fourth quarter Dwayne Casey throw in the towel and said bench show me what U got as Andrea sat the fourth and ended up with 22 points and 2 boards and played 29 minutes while Jose in the same 29 minutes had 8 points, 8 assists, and 5 boards. Amir did not take a lot of shots (3) and made (1) with two free throws he ended up with 4 points and 10 boards in 28 minutes and DeRozan was 4 of 16 from the floor and went 3 of 4 from the line for 11 points to go with four boards and three steals but really still needs to bring it and bring it hard as if Andrea needs a rest it will be up to him to put up or shut up. Ed ended up with 9 boards and 1 of 2 from the floor and 3 of 4 from the line and needs to find himself while the three spot on the team still can not find a shot as James Johnson and Butler combined for 2 of 11 and 10 boards in the game and were 0 for 5 from beyond the arc.
The Wizards found the perfect storm for win number one and were very full of themselves as they got a lot of easy baskets of the Raptors 22 turnovers in the game but as the Raptors could not catch a pass t least the Wizards showed up and took advantage of the situation. The Wizards who are driving for the No.1 pick in this years entry draft did very little to hurt themselves even though they got 15 points from both Nick Young and Rashard Lewis while they got 9 boards and 9 points from Chris Singleton, 9 points and 8 boards from Andray Blatche, 8 points and 7 boards from Trevor Booker, and 10 points and 6 boards from JaVale McGee so it was a group effort. Really the only guy still having problems with grasping the game is John Wall who did have 9 assists but in return he had 3 turnovers and a 3 for 12 night from the floor and with two from the line gave him 8 points in the game.
The biggest surprise for the Raptors other then getting beat so badly was that Jamaal Majoire is so far into Casey' dog house that he was the only healthy body not to play for the Raptors after being able to put together meaningful minutes in the fist bunch of games when not in foul trouble automatically.
Down with the Kings tomorrow @ the ACC 7:00
Tom Mehegan
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