⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ TOR better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Raptors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Made fifteen threes to their nine- Won the second chances, eight offensive rebounds to no
- A 15-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 17 in the first quarter
- Could not get to the line, 26 free throws to their 38
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
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 17
Q1 4:25 · TOR 36-19 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 9
Q1 0:00 · TOR 39-30 PHX
Bad plays
- Technical
Devin Booker technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q2 9:08 · TOR 38-28 PHX
- Technical
TJ Warren technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 7:58 · TOR 65-51 PHX
- Technical
TJ Warren technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 7:58 · TOR 66-51 PHX
📊The numbers
| TOR | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 15 | Threes made | 9 |
| 42% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 30 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 0 |
| 4 | Assists | 4 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 25 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 3 | Turnovers | 4 |
| 15 | Steals | 17 |
| 28 | Blocks | 24 |
