POST-GAME NOTES
(26-47) TORONTO RAPTORS, 113 vs. (35-37) NEW ORLEANS/OKLA. CITY HORNETS, 120 (2OT)
AIR CANADA CENTRE
Sunday, April 2, 2006
With the loss, Toronto falls to 26-47 on the season and 6-7 on Sundays With the win, New Orleans/Okla. City snaps a five-game winless streak against Toronto and improves to 35-37 Toronto is now 8-12 all-time at home versus New Orleans/Okla. City and 13-25 overall.
Toronto falls to 1-9 in overtime this season, while the Hornets improve to 1-2 All-time Toronto is 0-2 versus the Hornets in overtime (123-117, Nov. 11, 1995) ... The nine overtime losses is the second highest single-season total in NBA history (10, L.A.C. 2000-01 and Baltimore 1952-53).
Toronto is 14-21 all-time at home in overtime and 26-39 overall This was the first double-overtime game of the season for both teams Toronto is 1-3 all-time in double-overtime.
First Quarter: New Orleans/Okla. City 25, Toronto 19, New Orleans/Okla. City out-shot Toronto .571 (12-for-21) to .333 (seven-for-21) from the field in the opening frame David West led all scorers with 10 points Peterson led the Raptors with six points and three assists Chris Paul had a quarter-best five assists Toronto committed four turnovers (six points) to New Orleans/Okla. Citys three (zero points).
Second Quarter: New Orleans/Okla. City 28, Toronto 23, New Orleans/Okla. City made 12-of-28 (.429) and Toronto made 10-of-24 (.417) shots from the field Graham led all players with 13 points, while J.R. Smith paced the Hornets with 10 points.
Third Quarter: Toronto 30, New Orleans/Okla. City 27 Toronto made 12-of-24 (.500) shots from the field and New Orleans/Okla. City shot .556 (10-for-18) David West had a quarter-best 11 points, while Morris Peterson netted a Raptors-best nine ... Chris Paul had four assists and four points in the third quarter The Hornets had four blocked shots in the quarter Toronto made five-of-10 three point attempts in the quarter.
Fourth Quarter: Toronto 23, New Orleans/Okla. City 15 Toronto made eight-of-23 (.348) shots New Orleans/Okla. City connected on five-of-19 (.263) shots from the field in the quarter Morris Peterson had a quarter-best eight points, while Chris Paul had seven for the Hornets Charlie Villanueva grabbed six rebounds in the quarter The two teams combined for 28 rebounds in the quarter (Toronto, 15, New Orleans/Okla. City 13).
Overtime: New Orleans/Okla. City 20, Toronto 13, New Orleans/Okla. City out-shot Toronto .462 (six-for-13) to .381 (eight-for-21) from the field Chris Paul led all players with nine points, while Charlie Villanueva and Mike James had six a piece for the Raptors The 13 points in overtime by the Raptors is a season-high (12, twice last: Feb. 5 vs. L.A.C.).
Game Totals: Toronto 45-113 (.398) FG, 12-31 (.387) 3FG, 11-15 (.733) FT, 56 rebounds, 30 assists
New Orleans/Okla. City 45-99 (.455) FG, 4-14 (.286) 3FG, 26-31 (.839) FT, 58 rebounds, 30 assists.
The Hornets scored a Raptors opponent franchise record 20 points in the overtime periods (19, Mar. 26, 2000 at Min.).
Toronto made a franchise-high and a Hornets opponent season-high 113 field goal attempts (109, twice last: Feb. 23, 2001 vs. Sac. 3OT) New Orleans/Okla. City made a season-high 99 field goal attempts (97, Mar. 23 vs. Hou.).
The Raptors had a season-high 56 rebounds (53, Mar. 24 vs. Min) and a season-high tying 18 offensive rebounds (Mar. 31 vs. Phx.) ... The Hornets had a season-high 56 rebounds (54, Nov. 15 at Mia.).
The Hornets had a season high tying 30 assists (29, Mar. 21 vs. L.A.C.) ... Raptors opponents are averaging 33.5 assists per game the past two games.
Toronto made a franchise-record 23 three-point field goal attempts in the second half (including overtime)(19, Dec. 5, 1996 vs. Was., 2nd).
Charlie Villanueva had 25 points and a career-high 18 rebounds (14, Mar. 14 at Phi.) for his 10th double-double of the season The 18 rebounds is a Raptors rookie-high (16, three times Chris Bosh, twice, Mar. 14, 2004 vs. Atl. And Dec. 7, 2003 vs. Sea. and Marcus Camby, Mar. 21, 1997 vs. Cha.).
Morris Peterson made 11 of a career-high 26 field goal attempts (22, Jan. 12, 2005 vs. Bos.) to go with nine rebounds and six assists.
Mike James made one-of-eight shots from the field in the first half and finished the game five-of-25 James had 15 points and a team-high 10 rebounds for his ninth double-double of the season.
Joey Graham scored a career-high 19 points (15, Dec. 14 vs. Chi.) in a career-best 40:00 minutes (35, Mar. 1 vs. Atl.).
Rafael Araujo had a season-high for points at home with 10 to go with eight rebounds.
Chris Paul netted 24 points and added a game-high 12 rebounds and a team-high 12 rebounds for his first career triple-double and the first Hornet triple-double since Jan. 8, 2005 (Baron Davis, 26 points, 10 rebounds, 17 assists).
David West recorded 23 points on 11-of-20 shooting after missing three games with a sprained left ankle
Aaron Williams made his first four field goal attempts to start the game and finished six-for-nine with 13 points and nine rebounds Williams made four-of-four from the field last game.
