Things weren’t always this way. There was a time, not long ago, when a matchup against the Toronto Raptors on a snowy Sunday afternoon in January would be appointment television for the average Wizards fan. A double overtime nail-biter? That’s must-watch television (NFL playoffs aside).
This was a surprisingly fun ending to an exceptionally mediocre first 40 minutes, a throwback to when Wizards-Raptors games were things people looked forward to. Jake Whitacre’s recurring bit about the Wizards sweeping the Raptors in the 2015 playoffs remains amusing, but it lacks the luster it once possessed now that the two franchises are soaring in opposite directions.