After winning six consecutive games, the recently strong Raptors continue to sit at home and usher in the challenge of the Suns.
In the Raptors, Barnes + Trent Jr. were absent at the same time, Yuta Watanabe + Birch entered the starting lineup, and head coach Nas tried to win by surprise, defending the home court with seven consecutive wins.
On the other hand, the Suns, this away game, the team almost all the main force debuted, Paul + Booker + Ayton is ready to win on the road!
Finally, after 4 quarters of the game, almost white-hot fierce competition, with the stable play of Van Jordan + Siakam, the Raptors who played at home, in the first three quarters, although once suppressed the Suns, achieved a huge advantage of as many as 11 points.
But in the final quarter, Paul + Booker began to take over the game, and Ayton went to the free throw line to help the Suns gain a 4-point lead and completely end the suspense of the game.
In the end, the Suns also reversed the Raptors 99-95 on the road, which was worth the trip to win and end the winning streak of the opponent Raptors!
In this game, although the Suns once fell into a passive situation of falling behind by as many as 11 points, fortunately, the team did not mess up, but played a team performance of 5 people scoring in double figures and blossoming more points.
In the case of the main forces such as Booker + Ayton + Bridges, the team's ace Paul and the play of Tiger General Crowder are particularly critical.
Paul lived up to expectations in this game, starting 31 minutes and contributing a double-double of 15 points, 2 rebounds , 12 assists and 5 steals on 6-of-11 shooting.
Not only in the offensive end of the gains, but also in the organizational end, successfully revitalized the whole team's attack, but also in the defensive end, affecting the trend of the game, it can be said that personally led a big reversal!
Of course, the Suns were able to complete a comeback in this game, and tigers will also contribute to The performance of Crowder.
In this campaign, Crowder found a crosshair, hit five three-pointers from the outside, and exploded a team-high 19 points, plus an all-round performance of 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals.
Among them, in the second quarter, his heroic performance of scoring 13 points in a single quarter not only became a difficult existence for the Raptors to solve, but also provided the Suns with powerful firepower and containment!
More importantly, after defeating the Raptors in this game, the Suns' regular season record also came to 31 wins and 9 losses, ranking first in the league.
At the same time, the Suns' away record has also come to 14 wins and 4 losses, equalizing the Nets and ranking first in the league, it can be said that this battle, the Suns can be described as a full harvest!
On the other hand, on the Raptors side, the team was reversed in the final quarter of this game, and finally lost by 4 points, and the performance of the game that did not qualify for 7 consecutive wins obviously needs to be examined.
But for the Raptors, this game against the Suns, the team is not completely without highlights!
After all, as the trident of the team, the play of VanVleet + Siakam + Anunoby in this campaign is indeed remarkable.
In this game against Paul, although Van Jordan failed to lead the team to win, he won 21+2+5+2 in the whole game, and in terms of personal performance, it can be said that he is not behind!
As the ace of the team's front line, Siakam also played his own advantage in this campaign, carrying 6 crimes and bombarding the full performance of 22 points, 7 rebounds + 7 assists + 3 steals.
But there is one thing to say, the performance of Siakam losing the crosshair on 5-of-5 three-pointers in this game still made the Raptors a little stretched at key moments!
Coupled with Anunoby's good form, he shot 4 three-pointers in the game, cutting a team-high 25 points, plus 2 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal.
Although the Raptors ultimately failed to defend the home court, it has to be said that the performance of VanVleet + Siakam + Anunoby did cause considerable trouble and trouble to the Suns!
Only in the face of the huge disparity in the strength of the two lineups, the Raptors who have worked hard for a whole game in this campaign seem to have no choice but to accept the reality of being reversed.