With John Wall sitting out for Washington once again, the stage was set for either a replay of the last Raptors-Wizards game or something new. Would the Raps get off to a slow start once again? Would they self-combust? Would they allow Bradley Beal to go off for 30 or more points? As it turns out, after a quality 100-91 Raptors win, the answers were not quite, definitely not, and hmm almost. But there’s more to the story — as is usually the case with this version of the Raptors.
The start was a modest one for Toronto — though not a disaster.