RAPTORS: Post-Game Notes

POST-GAME NOTES
(26-51) TORONTO RAPTORS, 88 vs. (22-55) CHARLOTTE BOBCATS, 94
AIR CANADA CENTRE
Sunday, April 9, 2006

With the loss, Toronto falls to 26-51 on the season and 0-5 in April … With the win, Charlotte improves to 22-55 … The Raptors finish the season series 3-1 versus Charlotte …Toronto has lost the past five home games.
First Quarter: Charlotte 23, Toronto 22 …Toronto out-shot Charlotte .450 (nine-of-20) to .429 (nine-of-21) from the field in the opening frame … Jumaine Jones led the Bobcats with seven points … Joey Graham and Mike James paced the Raptors with seven points … Graham and Gerald Wallace each had a quarter-best five rebounds … The teams combined for 11 turnovers (16 points).
Second Quarter: Charlotte 27, Toronto 24, …Charlotte made 13-of-19 (.684) and Toronto made 10-of-19 (.526) shots from the field … Bonner and James had quarter highs of eight points in the quarter … Alan Anderson, Primoz Brezic and Jake Voskuhl all had six points for the Bobcats … The Raptors finished the half three-of-four from the free throw line … Charlotte made four-of-six from the line in the opening half.
Third Quarter: Toronto 20, Charlotte 20 …Toronto made six-of-14 (.429) shots from the field and Charlotte shot .320 (eight-for-25) … Mike James had a quarter-best 10 points, while Primoz Brezec netted a Bobcats-best seven.
Fourth Quarter: Charlotte 24, Toronto 22 … Charlotte made 10-of-23 (.435) shots … Toronto connected on nine-of-23 (.391) shots from the field in the quarter … Jumaine Jones led all players with eight points in the quarter, while Mike James had a Raptors-best seven points … Loren Woods had three points, four rebounds and three blocked shots in the fourth.
Game Totals: Toronto – 34-76 (.447) FG, 9-26 (.346) 3FG, 11-15 (.733) FT, 35 rebounds, 21 assists. Charlotte – 40-88 (.455) FG, 2-14 (.143) 3FG, 12-15 (.800) FT, 44 rebounds, 25 assists.
Four Bobcats registered double-doubles (Raymond Felton, Jumaine Jones, Brevin Knight and Gerald Wallace), the last time a Raptors’ opponent had four players with double-doubles was April 17, 1996 at New Jersey (Shawn Bradley – triple-double, P.J. Brown, Vern Fleming and Armen Gillian).
The Raptors had a season-high 10 blocked shots (eight, Mar. 1 vs. Atlanta).
Toronto and Charlotte combined for a total of 30 free throw attempts.
The two teams combined for 182 points … The Raptors and their opponents averaged 233.8 points in the four home games prior to this afternoon.
Toronto’s starters had 57 points with only one player (Mike James, 32) scoring in double-digits, while all five of Charlotte’s starters had 10-or-more points and finished with 74 points.
Mike James scored a game-high 32 points to go with a team-high 10 assists for his 11th double-double of the season … James has scored at least 32 points in each of the past three games … The last Raptor to score 30-or-more points in three consecutive games was Vince Carter, March 19-23, 2004 (30, Mar. 19 vs. Chicago, 42, Mar. 21 at New Orleans, 30, Mar. 23 at Memphis).
Joey Graham had nine points and a team- and career-high nine rebounds (eight, Mar. 15 vs. Detroit).
Loren Woods scored a season-high 10 points (four, four times – last: April 7 at NOK) to go with five rebounds and a career-high tying five blocked shots (five, twice – last: Feb. 25 at Dallas) … Woods is averaging 7.0 points, 7.5 rebounds and 3.5 blocked shots in the past two games.
Raymond Felton recorded a game-high 12 assists and 10 points for his 10th double-double of the season.
Gerald Wallace had 11 points and 14 rebounds in registering his 10th double-double of the season.
Brevin Knight netted a team-high 19 points and added 10 assists for his team-leading 19th double-double this season.
Jumaine Jones scored 17 points to go with 11 rebounds.