For a team clinging to the hope of reaching 10th place and making an appearance in the NBA’s postseason play-in games, last night’s at-the-buzzer loss to the Toronto Raptors was a kick in the teeth.
For the fans who’d already given up on the team reaching the postseason and whose thoughts turned to the likes of Cade Cunningham, Jalen Suggs and Eric Mobley, it was a needlessly harrowing come-from-ahead defeat.
In classic Wizards fashion, Washington built a 19-point lead early in the third quarter only to cough it up and lose on a buzzer-beating three from Gary Trent Jr.