⏱️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 tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 4 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 27 free throws to their fourteen
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 took them from 7 down to 3 up
Q4 10:32 · PHX 87-84 TOR
- Lead
Channing Frye hit a 25-foot three jumper, Steve Nash with the assist
Q4 2:19 · PHX 96-93 TOR
- Ties it
Steve Nash hit a driving layup
Q4 0:38 · PHX 100-100 TOR
Bad plays
- Turnover
Amare Stoudemire offensive foul (Jose Calderon draws the foul)
Q4 3:44 · PHX 93-89 TOR
- Turnover
Amare Stoudemire turnover
Q4 3:44 · PHX 93-89 TOR
Raptors
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 2 down to 8 up
Q1 1:14 · PHX 31-39 TOR
- Ties it
Hedo Turkoglu hit a 25-foot three jumper, Chris Bosh with the assist
Q4 1:29 · PHX 98-98 TOR
- Lead
Hedo Turkoglu hit a 23-foot jumper
Q4 0:51 · PHX 98-100 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 45% |
| 8 | Threes made | 9 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 54 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 18 | Assists | 18 |
| 38 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 10 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 6 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 3 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
