The Wizards notched their 50th loss on the season in Toronto after Bilal Coulibaly took a hard fall
The Washington Wizards fell to the Toronto Raptors, 119-104, in the second game of a back-to-back between the teams. Both teams were still missing many players due to injury as detailed in Sunday’s recap. The injury news got worse for the Wizards when Bilal Coulibaly took a nasty fall in the first quarter. He was able to fall on his back rather than his head, but still left the game with a hamstring injury. Not sure what to make of that, but glad that he didn’t get seriously injured.
Scary fall for Bilal Coulibaly.
Luckily he got up and walked it off. Appears to be okay. pic.twitter.com/8CALYvLSQ0
— Greg Finberg (@GregFinberg) March 11, 2025
Washington’s shooting failed them on Monday. They shot just 35.8% from the field and 29.1% from three. Alex Sarr struggled to 5-of-19 from the field and Bub Carrington went 2-of-11 to lead the way in terms of misses. On the flip side, Sarr put up 16 points and 11 rebounds to become the first Wizards rookie with back-to-back double-doubles since John Wall.
The Raptors didn’t fare much better, shooting 39.4% from the field. The shot making was so poor that both teams set their season-high in rebounds. The difference on the glass was that Toronto dominated the offensive glass. They grabbed a season-high 28 offensive rebounds, which translates to a 45.6% offensive rebounding percentage. Allowing the opponent to rebound almost half of their misses is a recipe for disaster.
The Wizards held a lead early in the third quarter, but Toronto found their groove with transition buckets and second-chance points. They won the quarter 34-19 to put the Wizards away for the most part. A.J. Lawson scored a career-high 32 points. Lawson has played 9 games this year and averages 3.5 points per game. His previous career-high was 17 points.
Washington competed in the fourth quarter and tried to fight back with several runs. Still, they fell short and notched 50th loss of their season. They are now 13-50 and 40 games back of first place in the East. Their next game is at Detroit tomorrow night at 7 pm.