Game Notes: Wizards at Raptors

by Ryan McNeill It took a couple of weeks of adjusting to new teammates and being yanked from the starting line-up, but Marco Belinelli appears to be finding his groove in Toronto. Sure, Belinelli looked to be having some early success due to being third on the team in scoring entering the game (11.8 points per game), but he was doing this while shooting an abysmal 16-41 from the field. Throw in the atrocious 3-21 he was shooting from beyond the arc and his shooting was as cold as Toronto’s winters. On Sunday afternoon Belinelli snapped out of his shooting funk and provided the Raptors with a spark off the bench with eight points in the first half while playing less than eight minutes. The Italian guard is viewed as a gunner without a conscious so what was impressive about his scoring outburst in the first half is he went 4-5 from the field to score his highly efficient 8 points. Belinelli continued his strong play in the second half with a play in the third quarter fans will be su...