The Washington Wizards dropped Game 1 of the NBA playoffs. After the Toronto Raptors dropped 16 three-pointers on Washington.
All season long the Wizards have been preaching perimeter defense. That has been their Achilles heel. However, no in-game adjustments were made to stop Toronto’s onslaught.
The Washington guards–John Wall and Bradley Beal–are the first line of defense when it comes to leadership.
What the Wizards did on Saturday was take their eye off the ball
While they were paying attention to DeMar DeRozan, he kicked it out and assisted on all of Serge Ibaka‘s three-pointers.