⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ TOR better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The fourth 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
Made thirteen threes to their one- They went cold, one of twenty from three
- Beaten inside, 36 points in the paint to 52
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 13-point deficit to 5
Q3 0:38 · TOR 79-84 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 19
Q3 5:33 · TOR 61-80 PHX
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Amare Stoudemire flagrant foul type 1 (Chris Bosh draws the foul)
Q2 4:18 · TOR 37-41 PHX
📊The numbers
| TOR | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 1 | Threes made | 13 |
| 5% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 15 | Assists | 25 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 7 | Steals | 4 |
| 5 | Blocks | 2 |
