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Young’s fire roasts Raptors as Wizards win

Photo courtesy of
‘John Wall and Nick Young’
courtesy of ‘Keith Allison’

For those of you who were busy watching football all day, the Wizards played a game at Verizon Center Saturday night.

And they won.

Washington defeated Toronto 98-95 behind Nick Young who caught fire to the tune of 18 third-period points and were able to hang on at the end for their 11th victory of the season.

It was a better effort for the Wizards than what has been seen out of the team for stretches this season. It was not one of those games that required them to dig in with a lot of heart to pull it out nor did they have to overcome any mountain of adversity. It was just a win, a solid game where they kept themselves in it when they Raptors delivered their blows and execute well enough to come out on top. In the end it was a normal style win for an NBA basketball team.

That is not something the Wizards are used to.

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