Charlotte Hornets 96, Toronto Raptors 126 — Recap

April 9, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Charlotte Hornets 96, Toronto Raptors 126. Scoring by quarter: Q1 CHA 23-25 TOR; Q2 CHA 22-28 TOR; Q3 CHA 23-35 TOR; Q4 CHA 28-38 TOR.

Top performers (box score): Nick Smith Jr. (CHA) 28 points, 6 rebounds, 10 assists, 6 threes on 8-of-13 shooting; Jusuf Nurkic (CHA) 26 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists on 12-of-19 shooting; Scottie Barnes (TOR) 17 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-15 shooting; Jonathan Mogbo (TOR) 17 points, 10 rebounds, 11 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-16 shooting; AJ Lawson (TOR) 14 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 threes on 5-of-9 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · CHA

Nick Smith Jr.

28 PTS, 6 REB, 10 AST, 6 3PM · 8-13 FG

Scoring · CHA

Jusuf Nurkic

26 PTS, 9 REB, 4 AST · 12-19 FG

Scoring · TOR

Scottie Barnes

17 PTS, 11 REB, 5 AST, 3 3PM · 7-15 FG

Season highs

Nick Smith Jr. · Season-high 28 pointsJusuf Nurkic · Season-high 26 pointsJonathan Mogbo · Season-high 11 assistsNick Smith Jr. · Season-high 10 assists

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
CHA	23	22	23	28		96
TOR	25	28	35	38		126

🧮 How They Scored

CHATOR

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

56.6%Effective FG%53.6%

15.3%Turnover %6.4%

6.1%Offensive rebound %38.9%

0.197Free-throw rate0.095

Box Score

Charlotte Hornets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nick Smith Jr. G	37	28	6	10	—	—	2	8-13	6-9	6-6	-19
K.J. Simpson G	33	6	1	5	3	—	4	2-10	1-4	1-2	-28
Tidjane Salaun F	31	9	6	—	—	—	1	4-11	1-6	—	-14
Jusuf Nurkic C	26	26	9	4	—	—	2	12-19	0-2	2-4	-23
Wendell Moore Jr. G	26	9	2	1	1	—	3	4-8	1-4	—	-15

Toronto Raptors

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jonathan Mogbo F	38	17	10	11	3	—	4	7-16	1-5	2-2	+20
Orlando Robinson C	34	9	12	3	—	—	1	4-10	0-4	1-2	+16
AJ Lawson G	28	14	6	7	1	—	—	5-9	2-5	2-4	+18
Jamison Battle F	27	10	3	2	1	—	—	4-11	2-8	—	+14
Scottie Barnes G-F	20	17	11	5	—	1	1	7-15	3-5	—	+10
RJ Barrett F-G	14	11	1	1	1	—	—	4-11	3-7	—	+6
Immanuel Quickley G	14	8	2	1	—	—	—	3-6	2-5	—	+6
Garrett Temple G-F	9	9	—	1	2	—	—	4-6	1-3	—	+5

🔬 Advanced Stats

Charlotte HornetsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Nick Smith Jr.	Bench	37	28	89.5	20.9	-28.7	18.9
Jusuf Nurkic	Bench	26	26	62.6	37.3	-48.9	18.7
Wendell Moore Jr.	Bench	26	9	56.3	16.7	-25.9	5.3
Tidjane Salaun	Bench	31	9	40.9	17.4	-23.1	3.1
K.J. Simpson	Bench	33	6	27.6	20.0	-42.4	-0.4
Seth Curry	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Grant Williams	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Toronto RaptorsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Scottie Barnes	Bench	20	17	56.7	29.6	+24.8	24.2
Jonathan Mogbo	Bench	38	17	50.4	21.6	+24.7	15.5
AJ Lawson	Bench	28	14	65.1	15.3	+30.0	16.6
RJ Barrett	Bench	14	11	50.0	29.7	+22.1	11.0
Jamison Battle	Bench	27	10	45.5	16.7	+28.0	3.3
Garrett Temple	Bench	9	9	75.0	28.6	+26.3	19.4
Orlando Robinson	Bench	34	9	41.4	15.4	+28.7	5.7
Immanuel Quickley	Bench	14	8	66.7	16.2	+22.1	10.2
Chris Boucher	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ochai Agbaji	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jamal Shead	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0