⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors fell 9 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points worse than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Ran them off the floor, 26 fast break points to 11- Lost the glass, 39 rebounds to 49
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
- Missed FT
Devin Booker misses technical free throw
Q3 10:57 · PHX 54-53 TOR
Raptors
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 2 down to 7 up
Q3 11:00 · PHX 54-61 TOR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q4 9:47 · PHX 75-91 TOR
Bad plays
- Technical
Nick Nurse technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 10:57 · PHX 54-53 TOR
📊The numbers
| PHX | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 44% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 8 | Threes made | 12 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 61 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 20 | Assists | 29 |
| 46 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 26 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 3 | Steals | 11 |
| 4 | Blocks | 10 |
