VanVleet made his impact felt early, scoring 11 points and assisting on six other baskets in the first quarter as Toronto built a 35-25 lead. James Bouknight added 21 points and Theo Maledon had 14 assists. Svi Mykhailiuk scored a career-high 26 points and Mark Williams added 15 points and 12 rebounds for the injury-riddled Hornets, who played without all five of the team’s anticipated starters this season. So we’ve mixed up the schemes but none of that worked.”
“Every pick-and-roll, it didn’t matter, angle, high side, he either scored, got fouled or they got a wide-open shot. Hornets coach Steve Clifford said VanVleet was “high intensity” from the beginning and his team couldn't stop him on the pick-and-roll. “He got the ball a lot of places where it needed to go.”
“He was really good,” Toronto coach Nick Nurse said of VanVleet. The teams meet again Tuesday night in Charlotte. The Raptors outscored the Hornets 90-44 in the paint in the opener of a two-game series, which helped offset 8-of-28 shooting from 3-point range. VanVleet, who now owns the franchise single-game records for points and assists, made sure the Raptors were on top of their game. We are just trying to play our best basketball at this time of the year.” You have to go out and perform and play your best and try to take care of business. “For the last couple of weeks it has been really simple for us - we're in a win-every-game mode. “It's really important for us” to get to the 8 seed, VanVleet said. The team finishing eighth needs just one victory the team finishing ninth would need two to reach the postseason as the No. They entered the day tied with the Atlanta Hawks for eighth place in the Eastern Conference and looking to move up in the standings to secure a better chance of advancing out of the play-in tournament. The Raptors (39-39) are now focused on seeding with four games remaining. Anunoby added 23 points for the Raptors, who clinched after the Brooklyn Nets beat the Utah Jazz later in the day. (AP) - Pascal Siakam scored 36 points, Fred VanVleet added 20 points and a career-high 20 assists and the Toronto Raptors beat the undermanned Charlotte Hornets 128-108 on Sunday to secure a spot in the NBA play-in tournament.
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