⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, 21 turnovers to their 29, and outscored them 39-22 off them- A 13-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 21 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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Raptors
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 0:02 · PHX 24-33 TOR
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 21
Q2 1:38 · PHX 40-61 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 38% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 7 | Threes made | 11 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 8 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 21 | Assists | 24 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 39 |
| 29 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 11 | Steals | 11 |
| 3 | Blocks | 4 |
