The bass might’ve gone to 11 tonight at Verizon Center. There was so much vibration going on in the arena that for just a moment, I was a tad big nervous about the temporary platform in the corner were a bunch of scribes sit to watch the game. This was no weeknight walk in the park. This was supposed to be a team putting the NBA on notice that it was back, that .500 was in sight, that the plethora of early-season struggles were about to be put in the past. It certainly felt like that — until the Wizards spotted Toronto a 10-0 lead in under two minutes and missed 14 of their first 15 shots.
Flip Saunders knew the first question would be about the last shot in overtime, but he knew that the 109-107 loss came much, much earlier.
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