⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 18 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 18 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Made fourteen threes to their eight- Ran them off the floor, 18 fast break points to 4
- A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up in the fourth quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Suns
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 12
Q1 9:34 · PHX 16-4 TOR
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up
Q4 8:27 · PHX 92-80 TOR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q4 4:37 · PHX 100-85 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Raptors
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 14 | Threes made | 8 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 40% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 4 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 24 | Assists | 11 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 9 | Steals | 8 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
