⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Hornets got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Hornets won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 56 rebounds to 32- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their five, and outscored them 18-4 off them
A 13-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 9 in the fourth quarter
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 stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q2 3:55 · CHA 47-36 TOR
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Michael Kidd-Gilchrist and Jonas Valanciunas
Q3 9:21 · CHA 57-49 TOR
- Technical
Double technical foul - Gerald Henderson and Terrence Ross
Q3 5:20 · CHA 66-61 TOR
- Technical
Lance Stephenson technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 4:48 · CHA 91-75 TOR
Raptors
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run cut a 22-point deficit to 9
Q4 1:13 · CHA 103-94 TOR
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Kyle Lowry flagrant foul type 1 (Lance Stephenson draws the foul)
Q4 5:45 · CHA 87-75 TOR
- Technical
James Johnson technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q4 5:45 · CHA 85-75 TOR
📊The numbers
| CHA | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 41% |
| 5 | Threes made | 7 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 65 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 26 | Assists | 21 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 42 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 19 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 4 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 5 |
| 3 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
