⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors got 25 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter.
Where it moved
▲ TOR better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 20 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, 53 rebounds to 37- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 39-15 off them
- Owned the paint, 58 points inside to 30
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q2 0:29 · TOR 64-56 CHA
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 10-point lead to 20
Q3 7:08 · TOR 84-64 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 26-point lead to 34
Q4 7:14 · TOR 115-81 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run dragged them back level
Q2 2:35 · TOR 53-53 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| TOR | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 20 | Threes made | 15 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 57 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 40 | Assists | 26 |
| 58 | Points in the paint | 30 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 15 | Points off turnovers | 39 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 13 | Steals | 3 |
| 2 | Blocks | 8 |
