Raptors have lost 10 in a row, while Nets have lost six straight
Toronto Raptors' Immanuel Quickley shields the ball from Brooklyn Nets' Dennis Schroder during NBA basketball action in Toronto on Feb. 22.The undermanned Raptors had their losing streak reach 10 games Saturday when they were defeated 112-109 by the host Washington Wizards.The Raptors open a four-game homestand on Monday while the Nets are playing the third of four consecutive away games. The teams have split their first two games with the home team prevailing each time.
The Raptors led by as many as 11 points and were ahead by four entering the fourth quarter. The Wizards took the lead down the stretch. Toronto still had a chance to tie in the final seconds but Bruce Brown missed a three-point attempt at the buzzer that would have forced overtime. “I saw a lot of fight,” Raptors coach Darko Rajakovic said. “We missed a layup, we missed wide-open shots, we missed a dunk. Obviously guys, they want to make those shots. They want to make the right decisions there. It did not go our way tonight.”“We struggled with rebounding the ball,” Rajakovic said. “They scored some timely baskets and tough, contested shots. But the main difference in tonight’s game was rebounding.
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