Toronto Raptors – Charlotte Hornets · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 8 January 2020

TOR112–110CHA

Is it worth watching?

Highly recommended

It was more exciting than 94% of NBA games since 2017

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.

Terence Davis decided it, the Toronto Raptors player with the most points (23, with 11 rebounds and 5 assists; +19 with him on the floor). 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 110-112 Toronto Raptors (January 8, 2020) was hit by Serge Ibaka: a free throw with 5.1 s left in overtime, putting the Toronto Raptors up 111-110. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Charlotte Hornets 110-112 Toronto Raptors (January 8, 2020) was a 16-0 run by the Charlotte Hornets between the third quarter and the fourth quarter, from 72-82 to 88-82. The Toronto Raptors' best was a 11-0 run in the first quarter (from 5:43 to 4:02), from 12-19 to 23-19.

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Play: Serge Ibaka makes free throw 1 of 2.

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.

Serge Ibaka decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 5.1 seconds left in overtime 1, and the opponent never led again.

It is the only game he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Ibaka 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.

8 January 2020 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401161197:707; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Who stood out on defense during the season

These figures cover the whole 2019-20 regular season, not this game.

Toronto Raptors

Kyle Lowry drew 0.59 charges per game over his 58 games.
He ranks 2 of 352 in the league.
Serge Ibaka contested 11.4 shots per game over his 55 games.
He ranks 18 of 352 in the league.
OG Anunoby deflected 2.5 passes per game over his 68 games.
He ranks 37 of 352 in the league.

Charlotte Hornets

Terry Rozier recovered 1.5 loose balls per game over his 63 games.
He ranks 6 of 352 in the league.
Devonte' Graham drew 0.21 charges per game over his 63 games.
He ranks 15 of 352 in the league.
P.J. Washington contested 9.2 shots per game over his 58 games.
He ranks 42 of 352 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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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

13.965

73.2% of capacity

Spectrum Center · Charlotte

Scoring

222

combined points

1.6 below the season average (223.6)

⚖️ The last two minutes

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

31 calls reviewed2 errors admitted by the NBA

Turnover: 3 Second Violation · 01:08.4

Serge Ibaka → Hornets

Ibaka (TOR) is in the lane for longer than three seconds.

Foul: Loose Ball · 01:20.2

Serge Ibaka → Bismack Biyombo

Ibaka (TOR) grabs Biyombo's (CHA) shorts and pull them away from his body during the free throw attempt.