⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 11 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse 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, 49 rebounds to 36- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their nine, and outscored them 27-11 off them
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q1 4:25 · PHX 28-16 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Raptors
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 3
Q4 9:52 · PHX 96-93 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| PHX | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 15 | Threes made | 16 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 29 | Assists | 30 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 27 | Points off turnovers | 11 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 6 | Steals | 5 |
| 6 | Blocks | 2 |
