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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | Final/OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Pelicans | 30 | 31 | 25 | 31 | 5 | 122 |
 Raptors | 27 | 29 | 32 | 29 | 13 | 130 |
NOPTeam statsTOR| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NOP | 43-10242.2% | 19-4542.2% | 17-2085.0% | 53 | 30 | 19 |
| TOR | 42-10340.8% | 14-4035.0% | 32-3884.2% | 57 | 23 | 16 |
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Toronto Raptors130| 45 | 22 | 4-15 | 3-11 | 11-13 | 0 | −1 | −2.9 | |||||||
| 44 | 34, Career high (his best before, 30) | 12-18 | 5-7 | 0 | 5-6 | 0 | 0 | +18 | +13.2 | |||||
| 38 | 34 | 11-26 | 2-5 | 10-11 | 0 | +5 | +5.7 | |||||||
| 36 | 11 | 5-12 | 1-4 | 0 | 0-1 | 0 | +12 | −4.6 | ||||||
| 32 | 6 | 2-9 | 1-4 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −8.6 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 29 | 5 | 2-7 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −6.2 | ||||||
| 26 | 13 | 4-10 | 0-1 | 0 | 5-6 | 0 | +6 | −3.7 | ||||||
| 15 | 5 | 2-6 | 1-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +2.0 | ||||||
| Team | 130 | 42-10340.8% | 14-4035.0% | 57 | 23 | 16 | 24 | 32-3884.2% | 16 | 7 | 3 | |||
Bench 23 points on 8 for 23 shooting
Did not play: Malcolm Miller, Stanley Johnson, Dewan Hernandez, Chris Boucher and Matt Thomas (coach’s decision).
New Orleans Pelicans122| 41 | 13 | 6-15 | 1-6 | 0-2 | 0 | −14 | −7.0 | |||||||
| 35 | 22 | 8-19 | 2-5 | 4-4 | 0 | −19 | +1.7 | |||||||
| 27 | 16 | 6-9 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −14 | −0.3 | |||||
| 25 | 8 | 2-7 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −0.8 | |||||
| 21 | 6 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | −12 | −1.9 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 28 | 15 | 4-9 | 3-5 | 4-4 | 0 | −1 | +4.2 | |||||||
| 20 | 14 | 5-7 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +11 | +5.5 | ||||||
| 18 | 3 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 3-3 | +11 | −0.3 | ||||||||
| 14 | 9 | 3-6 | 1-3 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +7 | −1.0 | ||||
| 12 | 8 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 2-3 | 0 | −7 | +2.0 | ||||||
| 12 | 5 | 2-7 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −0.3 | ||||
| 12 | 3 | 1-10 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 0 | +6 | −3.9 | |||||||
| Team | 122 | 43-10242.2% | 19-4542.2% | 53 | 30 | 19 | 34 | 17-2085.0% | 16 | 4 | 9 | |||
Bench 57 points on 18 for 46 shooting
Did not play: Jaxson Hayes (coach’s decision).
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Fred VanVleet scored a career-high 34 points, and the defending champion Toronto Raptors beat the New Orleans Pelicans 130-122 in overtime on opening night at Scotiabank Arena.
It was tied 117-117 at the end of regulation.
VanVleet’s corner 3-pointer with 1:27 left in overtime made it 127-122, and Kyle Lowry’s pull-up 3-pointer with 56.7 seconds left in overtime put it away at 130-122.
During clutch time, the Raptors outscored the Pelicans 26-16. Lowry scored 9 of the Raptors’ 26 on 1 for 3 shooting and 6 for 7 at the line. In the fourth quarter and overtime, Lowry had 4 of his 6 assists, 1 of them on a basket by VanVleet that tied the game and 2 on baskets by Pascal Siakam and Norman Powell that put the Raptors ahead.
Siakam had 34 points and 18 rebounds, and Lowry added 22 points (11 at the free-throw line) and 6 assists but shot 4 for 15. The Raptors had 2 30-point scorers. VanVleet and Siakam set each other up for 6 baskets and 16 points, 2 of them in the fourth quarter.
For the Pelicans, Brandon Ingram scored 22 points in his first game with the Pelicans, and Nickeil Alexander-Walker went 1 for 7 from 3. Josh Hart had 15 points (9 on 3 3-pointers) and 10 rebounds off the bench in his first game with the Pelicans. JJ Redick scored 16 points on 6 for 9 shooting.
The Raptors went 32 for 38 at the line to the Pelicans’ 17 for 20. The Pelicans outscored the Raptors 57-23 off the bench. The Raptors scored the last 8 points of the game. The Pelicans’ starters were outscored 65-53 in 21 minutes together. Siakam fouled out.
Toronto RaptorsNew Orleans PelicansPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. The Raptors’ chance bottomed out at 14% (4th quarter, 3:49 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
98 points from the field on 101 shots: 15.1 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 23-46 | 50.0% | 64% |
| In the paint | 5-14 | 35.7% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 0-3 | 0.0% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 4-9 | 44.4% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 10-31 | 32.3% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jrue Holiday | 26 | 4 | 2-8 | −3 |
| Brandon Ingram | 26 | 10 | 3-8 | +3 |
| Kenrich Williams | 9 | 5 | 2-3 | +3 |
| Josh Hart | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | +3 |
| Everyone else | 20 | 15 | 6-10 | +10 |
The tracking credits him with 39 points on 87 possessions. He usually scores about 22 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lonzo Ball | 30 | 10 | 4-5 | +4 |
| Jrue Holiday | 19 | 3 | 1-2 | −1 |
| JJ Redick | 10 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Frank Jackson | 7 | 3 | 0-0 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 29 | 16 | 7-12 | +10 |
The tracking credits him with 32 points on 95 possessions. He usually scores about 18 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Hart | 25 | 2 | 0-1 | −3 |
| Jrue Holiday | 21 | 8 | 3-5 | +4 |
| Brandon Ingram | 13 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| JJ Redick | 10 | 3 | 0-2 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 29 | 12 | 2-6 | +6 |
The tracking credits him with 25 points on 98 possessions. He usually scores about 19 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
TOR win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
NOP
50/50
TOR
Highest Leverage Moments
Hart 25' 3PT Jump Shot (15 PTS) (Ingram 5 AST)
Q4 1:28
35.9%
56→21
VanVleet 3PT Jump Shot (31 PTS) (Lowry 5 AST)
Q4 1:19
35.9%
21→56
Redick 19' Pullup Jump Shot (13 PTS) (Melli 1 AST)
Q4 0:59
29.5%
56→27
Lowry Free Throw 2 of 2 (17 PTS)
Q4 0:29
23.2%
30→53
VanVleet 3PT Jump Shot (34 PTS) (Gasol 1 AST)
OT 1:27
22.0%
73→95
