⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHA better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Hornets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their seven- Shot well above their usual, sixteen of 33 from three
- Ran them off the floor, 14 fast break points to 2
- A 15-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 22 in the third quarter
- Could not get to the line, eighteen free throws to their 35
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 7 down to 3 up
Q1 3:51 · CHA 25-22 TOR
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 24-point deficit to 15
Q4 3:29 · CHA 109-124 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Raptors
Good plays
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 22
Q3 10:24 · CHA 56-78 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHA | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 7 | Threes made | 16 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 48% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 6 | Assists | 7 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 2 | Fast break points | 14 |
| 28 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 12 | Steals | 14 |
| 18 | Blocks | 27 |
