⏱️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.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 4 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 36- Kept giving it away, seventeen turnovers to their ten
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 4 down to 5 up
Q2 4:03 · PHX 52-47 TOR
Bad plays
- Technical
Double technical foul - Markieff Morris and Jonas Valanciunas
Q2 0:31 · PHX 52-49 TOR
- Turnover
Eric Bledsoe bad pass
Q4 2:19 · PHX 97-91 TOR
- Missed FT
Goran Dragic misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:29 · PHX 104-97 TOR
Raptors
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Kyle Lowry technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 1:51 · PHX 75-63 TOR
📊The numbers
| PHX | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 9 | Threes made | 5 |
| 39% | Three-point accuracy | 26% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 63 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 18 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 16 | Assists | 15 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 19 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 17 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 4 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
