⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ TOR better than we expected
▼ CHA better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Raptors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Hornets did not.
From the game
Made nineteen threes to their eleven- Won the glass, 55 rebounds to 41
- Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their nineteen, and were outscored 30-6 off them
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 stretched a 3-point lead to 12
Q2 3:14 · TOR 49-37 CHA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q3 6:25 · TOR 75-59 CHA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 25-point lead to 34
Q4 7:40 · TOR 113-79 CHA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Hornets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| TOR | CHA | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 19 | Threes made | 11 |
| 37% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 9 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 55 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 37 | Assists | 23 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 30 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 8 | Steals | 5 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
