As if Sunday early afternoon games aren’t enough of a struggle to get through, yesterday the Washington Wizards had the temerity to not roll over when the Toronto Raptors jumped out to a big early lead. No, they had to fight and claw their way back in it and force not one but two interminable overtime periods before finally succumbing to the superior team.
It should have been thrilling. It was exhausting. A few garbled thoughts, hopefully five of them:
Why Don’t Teams Sub in OT?
So, both the Raptors and Wizards trotted out the same five guys in OT that played the bulk of the fourth.