Portland Trail Blazers – Toronto Raptors · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 7 January 2020

POR101–99TOR

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It was more exciting than 51% 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.

↑ TOR winsPOR wins ↓

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

This is how the game was decided.

Carmelo Anthony decided it, the Portland Trail Blazers player with the most points (28, with 7 rebounds and 1 assists; +11 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 Toronto Raptors 99-101 Portland Trail Blazers (January 7, 2020) was hit by Carmelo Anthony: a jump shot with 4.1 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Portland Trail Blazers up 101-99. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Toronto Raptors 99-101 Portland Trail Blazers (January 7, 2020) was a 8-0 run by the Toronto Raptors in the first quarter (from 2:36 to 49.1 s), from 16-15 to 24-15. The Portland Trail Blazers' best was a 8-0 run between the third quarter and the fourth quarter, from 65-78 to 73-78.

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Play: Carmelo Anthony makes 17-foot pullup jump shot (CJ McCollum 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.

Carmelo Anthony decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 4.1 seconds left in the fourth quarter, and the opponent never led again.

It is one of the 19 games he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Anthony 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.

7 January 2020 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401161191:651; 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.

Portland Trail Blazers

Hassan Whiteside contested 14.0 shots per game over his 67 games.
He ranks 5 of 352 in the league.
CJ McCollum recovered 1.2 loose balls per game over his 70 games.
He ranks 25 of 352 in the league.
Kent Bazemore deflected 2.7 passes per game over his 68 games.
He ranks 25 of 352 in the league.

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.

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 22 of their 59 games against the Portland Trail Blazers.

22-37record of the Toronto Raptors · NBA 1995-96 – 2025-26, regular season and playoffs

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Official NBA box scores, regular season and playoffs, 1995-96 – 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

200

combined points

23.6 below the season average (223.6)

⚖️ The last two minutes

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

16 calls reviewed1 errors admitted by the NBA

Foul: Offensive · 00:40.2

Hassan Whiteside → Rondae Hollis-Jefferson

Whiteside (POR) is late to the spot and delivers leg to leg contact which affects Hollis-Jefferson's (TOR) ability to defend.