RAPTORS: Post-Game Notes

POST-GAME NOTES
FINAL SCORE: TORONTO 120, NEW JERSEY NETS 109
AIR CANADA CENTRE - 19,800 (sellout)
Friday, February 14, 2007

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First Quarter: Toronto 32, New Jersey 23 … Toronto made 10-of-18 (.556) shots during the opening quarter … The Nets connected on nine-of-19 (.474) … Chris Bosh scored a quarter-best 12 points … Bostjan Nachbar led the Nets with eight points … The Nets had 11 rebounds to Toronto’s five … The Raptors were a perfect nine-of-nine from the line, while the Nets were three-of-five … New Jersey had seven turnovers for 10 points to Toronto’s two (two points).
Second Quarter: Toronto 29, New Jersey 28 … New Jersey shot .600 (12-of-20) from the field during the second quarter, while the Raptors shot .524 (11-of-21) from the field … Eddie House led all players with 14 points while going six-for-eight from the field … Jose Calderon and T.J. Ford each had nine points to pace the Raptors … Bostjan Nachbar had 10 points and a quarter-best four rebounds … The Raptors made seven-of-seven from the line … New Jersey did not record a free throw attempt in the quarter … For the half, Toronto made 16-of-16 from the line and the Nets made three-of-five.
Third Quarter: New Jersey 35, Toronto 32 … Toronto connected on 12-of-18 (.667) from the field … New Jersey shot .591 (13-of-22) ... Vince Carter netted a quarter-high 11 points … Chris Bosh and Anthony Parker both had 10 points to lead Toronto … T.J. Ford had five assists in the frame … The Nets outrebunded Toronto 10-five … New Jersey connected on six-of-nine from beyond the arc, while Toronto made three-of-four … Toronto made its first 18 free throw attempts before Chris Bosh missed at 5:04.
Fourth Quarter: Toronto 27, New Jersey 23 … The Raptors made 10-of-16 (.625) from the field and New Jersey made seven-of-20 (.350) … Andrea Bargnani scored eight points to lead all players in the fourth … Bostjan Nachbar netted seven to lead the Nets.
HIGHLIGHTS
With the win Toronto extends a season-high eight game home win streak and improves to 19-7 at Air Canada Centre this season … Toronto splits the season-series with New Jersey 2-2 ... Toronto improves to 1-2 all-time on Valentine’s Day (2003 - L118-114 OT vs. Golden State, 1997 - L106-102 vs. Milwaukee).
Toronto’s 19 home wins and .731 (19-7) win percentage at the All-Star break are both franchise highs … The previous highs were 17 wins (17-11 in 2004-05) and .667 (16-8, twice – 1999-2000 and 2001-02) … Toronto’s 29 wins ties for the most in franchise history heading into the All-Star break (29-24 in 2001-02).
Tonight’s sellout crowd of 19,800 is the ninth sellout for the Raptors this season … Toronto had five sellouts all of last season.
Raptors opponents are 1-9 this season when playing Toronto in the second game of back-to-back games, with the lone win coming January 3, 100-98 vs. Phoenix.
The Nets connected on a Raptors’ opponent season-high 14 three-point field goals (11, five times – last: Feb. 4 vs. L.A. Clippers) in shooting .500 (14-of-28) from three-point range.
Raptors opponents are averaging 9.5 three-point field goals made and 22.0 attempted over the past six games.
Seven Raptors finished with double-digit point totals (Chris Bosh 25, Morris Peterson 18, T.J. Ford 17, Jose Calderon 16, Andrea Bargnani 15, Jorge Garbajosa 11).
Toronto’s 120 points are the second highest total this season (122, Feb. 4 vs. L.A. Clippers) … The Raptors’ .589 (43-of-73) field goal percentage is the second highest of the season (.593, 48-81, Jan. 31 vs. Washington).
The Nets outrebounded Toronto 37-31 and had 11 offensive rebounds to Toronto’s five.
Chris Bosh a team-high 25 points, a game-best nine rebounds and a season high-tying six assists … Bosh made eight-of-15 from the field and nine-of-10 from the line.
Morris Peterson finished seven-of-nine from the field and three-for-three from the line for 18 points to go with seven rebounds.
Jose Calderon had 16 points and six assists … Calderon made five-of-nine from the field and five-of-five from the line.
Anthony Parker hit six-of-seven field goal attempts (two-of-three on three-pointers) for 16 points.
T.J. Ford made seven-of-11 shots to finish with 17 points and added a team-high eight assists.
Andrea Bargnani scored 13 of his 15 points in the second half.
Vince Carter had 19 points, six rebounds and a game-high 10 assists on five-of-15 shooting from the field … Carter entered the game averaging 23.0 points, 7.3 rebounds and 5.0 assists on .464 shooting in three games versus Toronto this season.
Bostjan Nachbar scored a game- and career-high 26 points (22, Jan. 27 at Denver) on nine-of-13 shooting from the field, including six-of-nine from three-point range … Nachbar added a team-best eight rebounds.
Eddie House connected on eight-of-19 from the field and three-of-six from beyond the arc to finish with 19 points.
Marcus Williams had 19 points, four rebounds and three assists in his second career start.