⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 38- Kept giving it away, 24 turnovers to their fifteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q4 8:53 · BKN 89-76 TOR
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Richard Jefferson flagrant foul type 1 (Chris Bosh draws the foul)
Q1 1:24 · BKN 22-25 TOR
Raptors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q2 4:37 · BKN 45-44 TOR
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Chris Bosh misses flagrant free throw 2 of 2
Q1 1:24 · BKN 22-25 TOR
📊The numbers
| BKN | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 3 | Threes made | 4 |
| 17% | Three-point accuracy | 20% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 28 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 24 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 2 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
