⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ TOR better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Raptors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 32 free throws to their eleven- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their twenty, and were outscored 24-12 off them
- Owned the paint, 52 points inside to 36
- Made four threes to their fourteen
- They shot well above their usual, fourteen of 33 from three
A 14-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 3 in the fourth quarter
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 17
Q3 4:28 · TOR 83-66 PHX
- Go-ahead
DeMar DeRozan hit a 16-foot jumper, Kyle Lowry with the assist
Q4 2:45 · TOR 96-95 PHX
- Steal
Kyle Lowry stole it from Isaiah Thomas
Q4 0:23 · TOR 100-98 PHX
Bad plays
- Missed FT
DeMar DeRozan misses technical free throw
Q2 5:26 · TOR 46-39 PHX
- Turnover
Louis Williams bad pass
Q4 3:11 · TOR 94-93 PHX
Suns
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 3
Q4 10:57 · TOR 83-80 PHX
Bad plays
- Turnover
Gerald Green offensive foul (Patrick Patterson draws the foul)
Q4 1:15 · TOR 98-98 PHX
- Turnover
Gerald Green turnover
Q4 1:15 · TOR 98-98 PHX
- Turnover
Isaiah Thomas lost ball turnover
Q4 0:23 · TOR 100-98 PHX
📊The numbers
| TOR | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 4 | Threes made | 14 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 26 | Free throws made | 8 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 21 | Assists | 22 |
| 52 | Points in the paint | 36 |
| 17 | Fast break points | 10 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 9 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
