⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ TOR better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 5 points worse than our numbers for the Raptors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their twenty- Owned the paint, 56 points inside to 38
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Turnover
Andrea Bargnani offensive foul (Grant Hill draws the foul)
Q4 3:31 · TOR 109-112 PHX
- Turnover
Andrea Bargnani turnover
Q4 3:31 · TOR 109-112 PHX
- Turnover
Anthony Parker bad pass
Q4 1:49 · TOR 111-114 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q2 3:15 · TOR 58-69 PHX
Bad plays
- Turnover
Matt Barnes offensive foul (Andrea Bargnani draws the foul)
Q4 0:57 · TOR 113-114 PHX
- Turnover
Matt Barnes turnover
Q4 0:57 · TOR 113-114 PHX
- Missed FT
Amare Stoudemire misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:00 · TOR 113-117 PHX
📊The numbers
| TOR | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 54% | Shooting from the field | 54% |
| 7 | Threes made | 5 |
| 47% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 26 |
| 39 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 21 | Assists | 29 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 56 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 25 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 4 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 1 |
