Charlotte Hornets – Toronto Raptors · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 24 March 2019

CHA115–114TOR

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It was more exciting than 64% of NBA games since 2017

· It was still open in the final minutes

It measures how much the win probability moved during the game —without looking at who won or at the score— and compares it with the 10,950 NBA games with a curve since 2017. “Highly recommended” is the most intense 20%, “recommended” runs from 50% to 80%, and “skippable” is the rest. Source: ESPN.

↑ TOR winsCHA wins ↓

Home team's win probability across the game (source: ESPN). The band rises when TOR leads and falls when CHA does.

This is how the game was decided.

Dwayne Bacon decided it, the Charlotte Hornets player with the most points (20, with 3 rebounds and 0 assists; -12 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Malik Monk's (+11). The criterion: the winner's points in the box score; plus-minus says who was on the floor when the game opened up.

The game-winner in Toronto Raptors 114-115 Charlotte Hornets (March 24, 2019) was hit by Jeremy Lamb: a three-pointer with 0.0 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Charlotte Hornets up 115-114. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Toronto Raptors 114-115 Charlotte Hornets (March 24, 2019) was a 13-0 run by the Charlotte Hornets in the second quarter (from 9:54 to 6:51), from 33-41 to 46-41. The Toronto Raptors' best was a 12-0 run in the fourth quarter (from 7:40 to 4:11), from 96-109 to 108-109.

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Play: Jeremy Lamb makes 48-foot jump bank shot.

I count as the game-winner the basket that puts the winning team ahead for good. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

A run here is consecutive points by one team without the opponent scoring. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

Source: the game's official box score and play-by-play.

Jeremy Lamb decided this game: his points put his team ahead at the buzzer of the fourth quarter, and the opponent never led again.

It is one of the 2 games he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Lamb decided

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A game is decided by the last basket that puts a team ahead in the final ten seconds of the fourth quarter or of an overtime, if that team wins.

24 March 2019 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401071771:638; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Who stood out on defense during the season

These figures cover the whole 2018-19 regular season, not this game.

Charlotte Hornets

Kemba Walker drew 0.33 charges per game over his 82 games.
He ranks 9 of 380 in the league.
Marvin Williams contested 8.9 shots per game over his 75 games.
He ranks 50 of 380 in the league.
Jeremy Lamb deflected 2.0 passes per game over his 79 games.
He ranks 66 of 380 in the league.

Toronto Raptors

Kyle Lowry drew 0.35 charges per game over his 65 games.
He ranks 6 of 380 in the league.
Kawhi Leonard deflected 3.2 passes per game over his 60 games.
He ranks 6 of 380 in the league.
Marc Gasol drew 0.34 charges per game over his 79 games.
He ranks 8 of 380 in the league.

Hustle figures come from the hustle stats the NBA publishes (NBA.com) and rim defense comes from its tracking; both cover the regular season. For each player in this game we show the figure that ranks him highest in the league, and for each team, the three best ranked. Ranks count players with at least 30 games and, at the rim, at least 4 defended shots per game.

The Toronto Raptors have won 45 of their 77 games against the Charlotte Hornets.

45-32record of the Toronto Raptors · NBA 2004-05 – 2025-26, regular season and playoffs

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Official NBA box scores, regular season and playoffs, 2004-05 – 2025-26. It counts every game between the two teams that the house holds, this one included.

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Game context

Attendance

19.800

100% of capacity

Scotiabank Arena · Toronto

Scoring

229

combined points

6.6 above the season average (222.4)

⚖️ The last two minutes

Official NBA L2M report: every call in the endgame, reviewed by the league.

14 calls reviewed0 no admitted errors