⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Suns got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ PHX better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Suns.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Suns won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
Made eighteen threes to their nine- Won the glass, 43 rebounds to 30
- Could not get to the line, ten free throws to their 22
A 12-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 6 in the second quarter
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 from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:27 · PHX 8-0 TOR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 22-point lead to 30
Q3 4:12 · PHX 92-62 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Raptors
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 6
Q2 9:19 · PHX 43-37 TOR
Bad plays
- Technical
Jamal Shead technical foul
Q1 2:45 · PHX 25-12 TOR
📊The numbers
| PHX | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 49% |
| 18 | Threes made | 9 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 32% |
| 10 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 30 |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 24 | Assists | 28 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 48 |
| 11 | Fast break points | 15 |
| 24 | Points off turnovers | 23 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 12 | Steals | 9 |
| 6 | Blocks | 9 |
