"He could excuse the errors of aggressiveness and forgive fatigue-fueled lapses, because if Coach Randy Wittman could count on anything from the Washington Wizards during his honeymoon period since replacing Flip Saunders, it was that they were going to give him an honest effort on both ends of the floor.

But as the Toronto Raptors pummeled the Wizards, 106-89, on Friday night at Air Canada Centre, Wittman watched his team revert back to being the same passive, sometimes selfish unit that hastened his predecessor's dismissal.

Toronto set a franchise record for rebounds in a game, snaring 61 compared to 37 for the Wizards; had 23 offensive rebounds, which led to 28 second-chance points; and its point guard, Jose Calderon, had 17 assists compared to 13 for the Wizards.

"They outplayed is in every phase of the game. Disappointing, coming in here after we've been playing, I think, at a pretty good, high level. But tonight wasn't it," Wittman said of the Raptors. "We didn't have that same effort that we've had and it showed. We fell back into some bad habits, both offensively and defensively. Ball didn't move as it had. We've got to do a better job of that.""