As the final buzzer sounded, Fred VanVleet was already halfway across the court. Beginning his sprint as Gary Trent Jr.’s buzzer-beating game winner sailed through the net, VanVleet was the first to reach Trent and wrap him up in a celebratory hug. The rest of the team quickly followed, mobbing Trent in celebration of the shot that completed a 19-point comeback to give the Toronto Raptors a 103-101 victory over the Washington Wizards on Monday.
“He can shoot it,” Malachi Flynn said of new teammate Trent. “And he’s not afraid to shoot it.”
There wasn’t time to be anything but ready when Trent grabbed the defensive rebound off a miss from Raul Neto with 4.