Raptors’ Valanciunas: Wizards ‘were tougher than us’

Only when the threes started falling again from the 6:15 mark of the fourth to the end of regulation did the Raptors look anything like themselves.

It got them to overtime but that was all as Washington re-asserted its rebounding dominance in the extra frame and rode a quartet of offensive boards to an early lead and eventual 93-86 win.

“They were tougher,” (Jonas) Valanciunas said.

“They were tougher than us. We have to be tougher than them. We have to show that we can battle them on the boards.”

via Mike Ganter of the Toronto Sun