Raptors (15-15) @ Wizards (14-15) Game Thread (Jan 3)

[kwajo]

Joey Crawford is seriously worst referee in NBA

Yup. That was one of the worst ejections I've ever seen.

[Bcogswell]

Ariza gone and Ross heating up.

[scott0326]

This is some great ball movement and unselfish play by Toronto. They look so much better since getting rid of Rudy Gay

[kaiteng]

This is some great ball movement and unselfish play by Toronto. They look so much better since getting rid of Rudy Gay

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Seriously this time

[kmart]

Unbelievable how good the ball movement is on this team. I used to think DeRozan was the same player as Gay. He a much better team player than Gay.

[kaiteng]

Unbelievable how good the ball movement is on this team. I used to think DeRozan was the same player as Gay. He a much better team player than Gay.

To be fair to Rudy, his colossal contract kinda forces his basketball mentality into what he is now.

[Legends66NBA7]

This is some great ball movement and unselfish play by Toronto. They look so much better since getting rid of Rudy Gay

Raptors have been passing the ball 30 more times since Gay got traded.

[kwajo]

I'll be honest, I had to keep turning off Raps games earlier this season because of how poor their offence was, especially the endless isolation plays for Rudy and Demar. Things are light years ahead of that now, they are actually enjoyable to watch for a purist fan like me, it's like a breath of fresh air. Here's hoping they don't disappoint me (like they usually do) and revert to bad habits in a week or two.

[scott0326]

I still don't get how a team in college with Wall, Bledsoe, Cousins, Patterson and Orton didn't win it all

[kmart]

To be fair to Rudy, his colossal contract kinda forces his basketball mentality into what he is now.

He's always been the type of player that just throws up awful shots. Pure ball movement killer, iso player.

[scott0326]

This has been an absolutely pathetic effort by the Wizards tonight. Terrible defense, terrible execution on offense and tons of stupid mental mistakes all game.

[Dave3]

The best part about all this is that Ross is getting a sudden increase in minutes, which is leading to him playing heavy minutes but with the same style as a guy who's fighting for his minutes. He's always making the right pass, and puts in a great effort defensively (as I type this he steals the ball and passes to Patterson for the layup).

Very fun team to watch right now. We might come close to (or beat) that 47 win mark this year.

[Legends66NBA7]

Patrick Patterson scoring the last 5 baskets.

[kmart]

I believe this team has a serious chance to finally make it to the second round of the playoffs.

[Kungfro]

That was not a pretty looking 3, but I'll take it.