QUARTER-BY-QUARTER

• First Quarter: Toronto 14, New Jersey 12… The Raptors connected on five-of-22 (.227), while New Jersey made five-of-17 (.294) shots during the opening quarter … The Nets’ 12 points are a postseason franchise low for points in the first quarter (13, April 29, 1994 at New York) … The teams combined for 29 rebounds (Toronto 15, New Jersey 14) … Toronto and New Jersey have registered 54 rebounds in the two first quarters of the series … Anthony Parker led all players with eight points … Vince Carter had five points for the Nets… New Jersey had six turnovers for five points to Toronto’s four turnovers (three points) Chris Bosh, Rasho Nesterovic and Jason Kidd all had six rebounds in the frame.
• Second Quarter: New Jersey 24, Toronto 19 … The Nets shot .474 (nine-of-19), while the Raptors shot .412 (seven-of-17) from the field during the second … Bostjan Nachbar had a quarter-high eight points for the Nets, while Jose Calderon had four for Toronto … Vince Carter had six points, three rebounds and three assists in the quarter … The Nets outscored Toronto 6-0 in second chance points … The 69 combined points in the first half are a franchise-low (72, April 21, 2002, at Detroit – Detroit 43, Toronto 29).
• Third Quarter: New Jersey 27, Toronto 25 … New Jersey connected on nine-of-16 (.563) from the field … Toronto shot .476 (10-of-21) ... Richard Jefferson had eight points to lead all players … Chris Bosh and Anthony Parker both had seven points to pace Toronto … T.J. Ford had four points and all five of the Raptors’ assists.
• Fourth Quarter: Toronto 31, New Jersey 20… Toronto made 9-of-16 (.563) from the field and the Nets made eight-of-24 (.333) … Chris Bosh had 11 points in the quarter ... Bostjan Nachbar had six points to lead the Nets … New Jersey made three-of-10 from beyond the arc, while Toronto made two-of-four … The Nets had nine personal fouls to two for the Raptors.

HIGHLIGHTS

• With the win, Toronto evens the series at 1-1 and improves its all-time Game Two record to 2-3 ... Toronto is now 9-13 all-time in postseason play … Toronto has yet to lose two home games to the same opponent this season or postseason … New Jersey is now 13-15 in the playoffs under Lawrence Frank.
• In 21 postseason contests prior to tonight, Toronto was 1-11 when scoring fewer than 93 points compared with a 7-2 record when scoring 93 or more.
• The teams combined to shoot .408 (62-for-152) from the field … In two games the teams are shooting .413 (131-of-317) from the field.
• New Jersey tied a non-overtime game postseason franchise-high with 10 three-point field goals made (twice prior – last: May 4, 2006 at Indiana)
• Toronto’s 12 assists are a franchise postseason-low (13, April 26, 2000 at New York).
• Toronto made 21-of-25 free throws to 11-of-14 by New Jersey.
• The Raptors tied their franchise postseason-low with 17 personal fouls (May 18, 2001 vs. Philadelphia).
• Chris Bosh registered 25 points (10-20 FG, 5-6 FT) and a game-high 13 rebounds en route to the first postseason double-double of his career.
• Anthony Parker made eight-of-13 from the field, including three-of-four from beyond the arc, and seven-of-nine from the line for a game-high 26 points … Parker also had eight rebounds and four steals and is averaging .520 (13-for-25) from the field and .636 (seven-of-11) from three-point range in two playoff games.
• Jason Kidd registered 11 points, a game-high seven assists and a team high-tying 11 rebounds … Kidd is averaging 11.0 points, 10.5 rebounds and 11.0 assists in the series.
• Vince Carter recorded a team-high 19 points to go with a team high-tying 11 rebounds, five assists and three steals in 43:09 minutes … Carter is shooting .302 (13-for-43) from the field in the series.
• Bostjan Nachbar topped his postseason career-high for points (16 points, April 21, 2007 vs. Toronto) with 17 to lead all bench players … Nachbar is averaging 16.5 points and shooting .500 (11-for-22) from the field and .545 (six-for-11) from three-point range.