⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ TOR better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Raptors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their sixteen, and outscored them 25-10 off them- Ran them off the floor, 22 fast break points to 9
- Lost the glass, 32 rebounds to 46
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Raptors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 19-point deficit to 11
Q4 4:20 · TOR 119-130 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 13
Q1 6:52 · TOR 13-26 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| TOR | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 58% |
| 11 | Threes made | 15 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 56% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 38 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 17 | Assists | 37 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 25 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 4 | Steals | 10 |
| 0 | Blocks | 3 |
