POST-GAME NOTES
(27-53) TORONTO RAPTORS, 108 vs. (63-16) DETROIT PISTONS, 103
AIR CANADA CENTRE
Friday, April 14, 2006
With the win, Toronto improves to 27-53 on the season and ends a season-high 10 game winless streak (March 26 – April 12) … With the loss, Detroit falls to 63-16 … The Raptors finish the season series 1-3 versus Detroit …Toronto had lost the previous five home games.
The 10-game losing streak was the fifth longest in franchise history and the longest since January 2003 (12 games, December 18, 2002 – January 10, 2003).
Mike James set a Raptors’ franchise record for most free throws made none missed in going 18-for-18 (Chris Bosh, 17-for-17, Jan. 20, 2006 at Seattle) … James tied the franchise record for points in a quarter with 20 in the fourth quarter (four times).
First Quarter: Detroit 24, Toronto 23 …Detroit out-shot Toronto .500 (10-of-20) to .375 (nine-of-24) from the field in the opening frame … Chauncey Billups led all players with 10 points … Morris Peterson paced the Raptors with nine points … Pape Sow had a quarter-best five rebounds … The Raptors outrebounded the Pistons 15-7.
Second Quarter: Toronto 29, Detroit 23 … Toronto made 11-of-20 (.550) and Detroit made nine-of-22 (.410) shots from the field … Mike James had a quarter-high 13 points, while Tony Delk led the Pistons with seven points … Detroit had assists on all nine of its filed goals in the quarter … Toronto outscored the Pistons 14-2 in the paint … Loren Woods led all players with eight rebounds in the first half.
Third Quarter: Detroit 29, Toronto 18 …Detroit made 11-of-16 (.688) shots from the field and Toronto shot .286 (six-for-21) … Morris Peterson had a quarter-high nine points, while Richard Hamilton netted a Pistons-best eight … Chauncey Billups had eight assists in the quarter … Detroit had 11 assists to Toronto’s three … The Pistons had assists on all 11 of their third quarter baskets.
Fourth Quarter: Toronto 38, Detroit 27, … Toronto made 11-of-17 (.647) shots and Detroit made 11-of-22 (500) … Toronto connected on 12-of-12 shots from the line in the quarter … Detroit made four-of-four from the line … Mike James made three-of-three shots from the field, including two from beyond the arc, and 12-of-12 from the line for 20 fourth quarter points … Lindsey Hunter led the Pistons with nine points … The Pistons bench accounted for all but 2:29 minutes of the Pistons’ fourth-quarter minutes .
Detroit had 33 assists to Toronto’s 21 and recorded assists on 22 consecutive baskets, including every field goal in the second and third quarters.
The Pistons’ bench scored 50 points … Toronto’s bench had 25 points.
11 different Pistons scored a point (Dale Davis was the only Piston not to) and nine played 20-or-more minutes.
Toronto outrebounded Detroit 42-to-35 and have outrebounded their opponents 83-72 the past two games.
The Raptors shot .931 (27-of-29) from the line, while Detroit made 16-of-21 (.762).
Mike James had a career-high 39 points (38, Nov. 16 vs. Philadelphia), including 16 of the last 20 points to end the game … James has recorded 30-or-more points in five of the past six games.
Morris Peterson scored 20 points and averaged 18.3 in four games versus the Pistons this season.
Loren Woods had a season- and team-high 11 rebounds (10, April 7 at NOK) to go with five points ... He is averaging 7.8 rebounds in past five games … He tied a season-high for minutes played (21, April 9 vs. Charlotte).
Jose Calderon recorded six points, four rebounds and a team-high nine assists … The nine assists are the most by Calderon since 10 on Jan. 15 vs. New York.
Richard Hamilton scored a team-high 16 points on seven-of-nine shooting in 24 minutes … Hamilton averaged 18.8 points in four games versus the Raptors this season.
Chauncey Billups had 15 points and a game-high 10 assists for his for 27th double-double of the season.
Lindsey Hunter netted 13 points to go with a season-high nine assists (five, April 12 vs. Cleveland).
Ben Wallace had seven points, seven assists and a game-high five blocked shots.
Attendance was 19,800 … This was Toronto’s fifth sellout of the season.
