⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors fell 20 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ TOR better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 18 points worse than our numbers for the Raptors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, ten of eighteen from three- Lived at the line, 31 free throws to their seventeen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Raptors
Good plays
- Winner
Rafer Alston made Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 1:15 · TOR 96-95 NO
- Ties it
Rafer Alston made Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 1:15 · TOR 95-95 NO
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 7 down to 3 up
Q4 2:29 · TOR 98-95 NO
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jalen Rose Bad Pass. Stolen by Dan Dickau.
Q4 3:06 · TOR 88-95 NO
Pelicans
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 1 down to 10 up
Q2 5:22 · TOR 40-50 NO
Bad plays
- Technical
Lee Nailon Technical Foul. Nailon's 1st Technical Foul.
Q2 6:26 · TOR 35-37 NO
- Missed FT
P.J. Brown missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:11 · TOR 98-95 NO
📊The numbers
| TOR | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 10 | Threes made | 8 |
| 56% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 28 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 19 | Assists | 30 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 5 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 6 |
| 3 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
