⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher 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, 9 points better than our numbers for the Raptors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their fifteen- Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 34
- A 14-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 15 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.
Raptors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q4 10:19 · TOR 107-99 CHA
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 15
Q4 6:00 · TOR 122-107 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run dragged them back level
Q3 4:19 · TOR 90-90 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| TOR | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 55% |
| 20 | Threes made | 15 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 34 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 32 | Assists | 33 |
| 44 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 4 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
