QUARTER-BY-QUARTER

• First Quarter: New Jersey 23, Toronto 22… The Raptors connected on nine-of-20 (.450), while New Jersey made 11-of-27 (.407) shots during the opening quarter … The teams combined for 25 rebounds (Toronto 14, New Jersey 11) … T.J. Ford led all players with 14 points … Richard Jefferson had 11 points for the Nets… Toronto’s 21 points are a franchise-high for a series opening quarter ... Jason Kidd had a quarter-high eight assists … The teams shot a collective .091 (one-for-11) from three-point range.
• Second Quarter: New Jersey 28, Toronto 19 … The Nets shot .600 (12-of-20), while the Raptors shot .364 (eight-of-22) from the field during the second … Richard Jefferson had a quarter-high six points for New Jersey, while Jose Calderon and Juan Dixon both had five for Toronto … New Jersey had nine assists to Toronto’s four … The Raptors had nine turnovers (11 points) in the opening half to four (two points) by the Nets.
• Third Quarter: New Jersey 27, Toronto 24 … New Jersey connected on seven-of-19 (.368) from the field … Toronto shot .476 (10-of-21) ... Richard Jefferson had 10 points to lead all players … Anthony Parker had eight points to pace Toronto … New Jersey outrebounded Toronto 17-6 … The Nets had seven turnovers (nine points), while Toronto had three (three points).
• Fourth Quarter: Toronto 26, New Jersey 18… Toronto made 9-of-19 (.474) from the field and the Nets made three-of-17 (.176) … Chris Bosh had 10 points in the quarter ... Vince Carter had nine points to lead the Nets … New Jersey made 11-of-16 from the line, while Toronto made four-of-six … The Raptors had seven assists to one for the Nets … The Raptors committed 10 personal fouls, while the Nets had four.

HIGHLIGHTS

• With the win, New Jersey takes a 1-0 lead in the series and improves its all-time Game One record to 10-15 ... Toronto is now 1-3 in playoff-opening games … Toronto won both home games versus New Jersey during the regular season.
• Toronto is 1-11 when scoring fewer than 93 points in 21 postseason games and 7-2 when scoring 93 or more.
• The two teams combined to shoot .418 (69-of-165) from the field and .706 (36-for-51) from the line.
• New Jersey topped Toronto in assists (46-42) and rebounds (25-19).
• New Jersey scored a Raptors postseason opponent record 46 points in the paint, while Toronto finished with 22 … The Nets had 20 fast break points to eight for the Raptors.
• Chris Bosh tallied 22 points, five rebounds and three assists in 33:55 minutes … Bosh made seven-of-16 from the field and eight-of-10 from the line.
• T.J. Ford scored a team- and postseason career high-tying 21 points (May 1, 2006 Milwaukee at Detroit) … Ford made eight-of-13 from the field and five-of-six from the line.
• Jose Calderon led the team with eight assists and added a bench-high 13 points in 21:00 minutes.
• Rasho Nesterovic grabbed a game- and postseason career high-tying 10 rebounds (April 28, 2006, San Antonio at Sacramento).
• Richard Jefferson netted a game-high 28 points on 11-of-21 from the field and four-of-five from the charity stripe … Jefferson added five rebounds, two steals and one blocked shot in 39:31 minutes.
• Jason Kidd registered eight points, a game-high 15 assists and a game high-tying 10 rebounds … Kidd’s 15 assists were one shy of his postseason career-high (16, twice – last: April 29, 2001, Phoenix vs. Sacramento) as well as a Raptors opponent postseason game-high (16, Allen Iverson, May 20, 2001 at Philadelphia).
• Vince Carter had 16 points, seven rebounds, three assists and three blocked shots.
• Bostjan Nachbar had a postseason career-high 16 points (five, twice – last: April 25, 2004, Houston vs. L.A. Lakers) on five-of-11 from the field and four-of-four from the line.
• The crowd of 20,330 was the fourth-highest Raptors playoff total at Air Canada Centre.