⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 17 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up in the first quarter- Could not get to the line, eighteen free throws to their 32
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Hornets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q2 2:16 · CHA 37-36 TOR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 9
Q3 6:35 · CHA 47-56 TOR
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 11
Q4 6:30 · CHA 66-77 TOR
Bad plays
- Technical
Jumaine Jones technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 2:49 · CHA 29-35 TOR
Raptors
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up
Q1 5:52 · CHA 9-21 TOR
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run took them from 1 down to 10 up
Q3 11:33 · CHA 37-47 TOR
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 17
Q3 8:15 · CHA 39-56 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 32% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 8 | Threes made | 7 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 11 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 22 | Turnovers | 23 |
| 15 | Steals | 10 |
| 0 | Blocks | 5 |
