Toronto Raptors – Charlotte Hornets · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 5 April 2019

TOR111–113CHA

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It was more exciting than 74% of NBA games since 2017

· It stayed close for almost the whole game

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.

↑ CHA winsTOR wins ↓

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

This is how the game was decided.

Kemba Walker decided it, the Charlotte Hornets player with the most points (29, with 6 rebounds and 8 assists; 0 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Jeremy Lamb's (+16). 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 Charlotte Hornets 113-111 Toronto Raptors (April 5, 2019) was hit by Jeremy Lamb: a three-pointer with 3.3 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Charlotte Hornets up 113-111. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Charlotte Hornets 113-111 Toronto Raptors (April 5, 2019) was a 11-0 run by the Charlotte Hornets between the third quarter and the fourth quarter, from 84-86 to 95-86. The Toronto Raptors' best was a 11-0 run in the second quarter (from 3:14 to 1:54), from 49-50 to 60-50.

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Play: Jeremy Lamb makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kemba Walker assists).

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 with 3.3 seconds left in 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.

5 April 2019 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401071853:617; 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.

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.

Charlotte Hornets

Kemba Walker drew 0.33 charges per game over his 82 games.
He ranks 9 of 380 in the league.
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist drew 0.13 charges per game over his 64 games.
He ranks 38 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.

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 Charlotte Hornets have won 32 of their 77 games against the Toronto Raptors.

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

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See the full head-to-head in the Analyst

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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

18.684

97.9% of capacity

Spectrum Center · Charlotte

Scoring

224

combined points

1.6 above the season average (222.4)

⚖️ The last two minutes

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

28 calls reviewed2 errors admitted by the NBA

Turnover: Traveling · 00:18.4

Kawhi Leonard → Hornets

Leonard (TOR) moves his pivot foot at the start of his spin move.

Turnover: Traveling · 01:05.8

Frank Kaminsky → Raptors

Kaminsky (CHA) moves his pivot foot at the start of the spin move.