⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors fell 8 points behind the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ TOR better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points better than our numbers for the Raptors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 46 rebounds to 36- A 15-0 run took them from 3 down to 12 up in the fourth quarter
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their thirteen
- Burned in transition, 3 fast break points to 15
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
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run took them from 3 down to 12 up
Q4 10:34 · TOR 84-72 CHA
Bad plays
- Technical
DeMar DeRozan technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q2 0:22 · TOR 47-42 CHA
Hornets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 16-point deficit to 7
Q2 6:20 · TOR 42-35 CHA
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 4
Q3 8:52 · TOR 60-56 CHA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kemba Walker misses technical free throw
Q2 0:22 · TOR 47-42 CHA
📊The numbers
| TOR | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 33% |
| 3 | Threes made | 6 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 16 | Assists | 14 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 26 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 14 |
| 8 | Blocks | 3 |
