"Dwane Casey makes his coaching bones on the strength of his defensive knowledge and ability to teach, but he might have won a game for the Raptors on Friday with a couple of key moves to generate some offence.

With his team stagnant — little ball movement, less people movement — and a significant lead slipping away, Casey made a subtle change to his substitution pattern that kick-started the Raptors to an eventual 106-89 rout of the woeful Washington Wizards at the Air Canada Centre.

A 12-point lead had been cut to five three minutes into the second half and the Raptors were reeling. Knowing he had to do something to inject some energy into the offence, Casey called on Linas Kleiza for the first time in the game.

Klieza made a nifty cut through the lane for a basket on his first possession and drilled an open three-pointer seconds later. The Wizards' run was quelled and the Raptors were able to run away with their easiest victory of the season."