With the loss, Toronto falls to 22-15 at home and 37-36 overall … New Orleans improves to 23-12 on the road and 50-22 on the season ... Toronto had won three-straight games versus New Orleans and eight of the past 10.
The Hornets have hit the 50-win mark for the first time since the 1997-98 campaign … This is the fourth time that the Hornets have registered 50-or-more wins in a season (54 in 1996-97, 51 in 1997-98 and 50 in 1994-95).
For the second consecutive game, a trio of Raptors opponents topped the 20-point mark (West, 32; Stojackovic, 25 and Paul 20) … Jamal Crawford (26), Jared Jeffries (21) and Quentin Richardson (20) all scored 20+ points March 28 versus Toronto.
The teams combined to shoot .560 (93-for-166) from the field … The Hornets’ .600 (48-of-80) mark is their third-highest of the season (.610, 47-of-77, Jan. 11 vs. Miami).
For the second time this season and the 12th time in franchise history, Toronto was perfect from the free throw line, going 12-of-12 … The last time Toronto made all of its free throw attempts was January 23, 2008 at Boston, 19-of-19).
Toronto’s bench made 23-of-42 (.548) from the field and eight-of-eight from the line for 61 points … Four Raptors scored 10+ points coming off the bench (Delfino – 18, Moon – 13, Calderon – 10 and Humphries – 10) … New Orleans’ bench scored 16 points on seven-of-14 (.500) from the field and two-of-two from the line.
Chris Bosh made eight-of-16 field goal attempts and all four free throws for a team-high 21 points … Bosh also successfully connected on a three-point field goal for the second time in two games.
Rasho Nesterovic netted 14 points on seven-of-13 from the floor and is averaging 14.3 points and shooting .615 (40-for-65) from the field over the past six home games.
Carlos Delfino led all bench players with 18 points.
Jason Kapono started for the first time since November 9 at Philadelphia, also the last time Jamario Moon came off the bench.
David West scored a game-high 32 points in connecting on 13-of-21 field goal attempts and added seven rebounds.
Chris Paul dished a game-best 16 assists to go with six rebounds and 20 points.
Peja Stojakovic had 25 points in making nine-of13 field goal attempts, including five-of-seven three-point attempts.
Morris Peterson finished with eight points in 24:02 minutes in his return to Toronto.
