⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 15 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their seventeen- Owned the paint, 90 points inside to 36
A 13-0 run took them from 12 down to 1 up in the second 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
Q2 3:33 · PHX 66-54 TOR
Bad plays
- Technical
Matt Barnes double technical foul
Q1 1:40 · PHX 30-25 TOR
Raptors
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 12 down to 1 up
Q2 1:12 · PHX 68-69 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 56% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 3 | Threes made | 6 |
| 23% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 31 | Assists | 19 |
| 90 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 11 | Steals | 5 |
| 8 | Blocks | 3 |
