Raptors’ lottery positioning coming into focus after win in Washington

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There is no cure for NBA teams when dating the Washington Wizards.

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The Raptors ended their four-game losing streak with a 112-104 victory on Monday night at DC.

Both teams are working hard to shoot, and the Raptors have paid off with some tank efforts for much of the fourth quarter.

Jakob Poeltl dominated, scoring 21 points on 10 of 13 shots from Elvin Hayes/Wes Unseld to the former Washington great. Immanuel Quickley hit Poeltl’s 21 with 5-for-16 shots, but Barnes shot the same from the field but scored 13, three times the distance, while Jamal Shead had 14 assists on the bench.

Jordan Poole led Washington with a 23-rate run.

The game started an ugly start with the team combining Sefbu of the first 11 goals, including 5 of 6 shots. But the Wizards heated up, nailed six irons in their first attempt and led the Cold Raptors 32-28.

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Neither team could hit anything in Game 2 and somehow missed 15 thirds of No. 14, Toronto led by two despite shooting 32.7% on the field. The Wizards hosted an obstacle party early, rejecting seven Toronto shots in the second quarter alone, but there were only two other for the rest of the game.

In third place, the visitor had a two-point lead, at 8:32 in fourth place, head coach Darko Rajakovic eliminated Poeltl, Barnes and Quickley. The other Raptors responded by pushing the lead to 10, while rookie Jamison Battle caught fire and scored eight consecutive points in one breath.

Toronto encountered an ugly home loss of 123-89 to the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday. The team’s game against Washington this season ended 3-1. Since they and the Raptors were 2-12 years old on November 22, the Wizards have been the last in the overall ranking. Since then, Toronto has scored 23-35 against Washington’s 13-44.

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Toronto has played in the 33rd different starting lineup this season and has rested RJ Barrett. Granky Dick missed his 11th game in a row, with Chris Boucher keeping the situation due to illness. Ja’Kobe Walter did not compete in the game that just returned on Sunday.

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Lottery monitoring

Check out the remarkable results of Toronto are interacting with the lottery contest:

Chicago won Saturday, with the Spurs on Sunday, Miami finally winning, which made it “catch” by the Raptors in the standings by the Raptors. Miami won six wins in Toronto, Chicago and San Antonio VII (before Monday’s Olympics).

Prior to May’s lottery, Toronto now has the potential to lock in the NBA’s seventh-worst record in the worst case. It would take a real crazy end (like the Raptors won eight championships in the final weeks, while Miami, Chicago or San Antonio won only one or two games), which is impossible to happen.

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The difference between landing the top 4 draft picks, 13.9%, hitting 7.5% (20.3% and 4.5% odds respectively) on Cooper Flagg, winning seventh votes and 10th (move after three consecutive wins to three games after the Spurs) is 31.9%.

Brooklyn lost to Dallas on Monday, while Philadelphia was in New Orleans. Both teams have a worse game than Toronto to Monday. Toronto plays football in Brooklyn on Wednesday and April 6 and Philadelphia on Sunday.

The league’s lowest 4 (Washington, Utah, Charlotte, New Orleans seems to be almost locked to some extent at this point).

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