Beijing time on March 12, today, phoenix suns at home to meet the Raptors, this is a contest between the first place in the West and the seventh place in the East, before that, the Suns won two consecutive wins, Booker this game returned. In the first quarter, Barnes took 4 consecutive points to take the lead, Booker responded with a 2+1, but Siakam's three-pointer fell, and soon, Booker stopped jumping to blossom, and the first quarter ended, the Raptors led the opponent by 6 points 30-24; entering the second quarter, Payne rained three points, Barnes three-pointers also in color, and soon, Payne scored 5 points in a row, and the Suns trailed the opponent by 4 points at halftime.
Easy side to fight again, Booker pulled two points, Ayton also had a dunk, but Trent immediately stood up, a goal in mid-range, and then Crowder's three-point rain on the outside line, the Suns completed the rebound. Trent felt hot, three points through The Young, Ayton did not hesitate to let the basket hit again, however, Barnes hooked the blossom, Trent played a feeling, chasing the three-point splash, followed by Achuva and Siakam two three-pointers in a row, the third quarter ended, the Raptors 96-82 led the opponent by 14 points.
In the final quarter, the Suns sent a double inside McGee and Biyombo, the effect was immediate, Payne came up and scored 2 points, Shamet jumped 2 points into the account, and soon, Payne teamed up with McGee to score 4 points, the Suns played a wave of 8-0 small climax, the Raptors paused. Back from the timeout, Thaddeus Young teamed up with Siakam to score four points, Bridges made three points to stop the bleeding, and Biyombo made two free throws. After that, Trent won the mid-range corner, Peybuk scored four points, Biyombo first sent a big hat, then made a basket, and the Suns tied the score.
In the decisive moment, Payne and Bridges scored 3 points, Trent three points again tied the score, but Biyombo then assisted Ayton in mid-range, Trent and Siakam scored 4 points, and the Raptors completed the rebound. In the final 2 minutes, Booker made consecutive mistakes, Barnes and Siakam quick-attack counter-attacks, and the Raptors led by 6 points. After the timeout, Payne walked to the free throw line and Booker hit a 3-pointer with just one point difference. In the final 40 seconds, Bridges made a mistake in passing, and in the end, the Raptors narrowly defeated the Suns 117-112.
After this game, the Raptors won two consecutive games, with a record of 36 wins and 30 losses, ranking seventh in the East, and the Suns' two-game winning streak was ended, with a record of 53 wins and 13 losses, ranking first in the West. In this game, Trent played 40 minutes, 13 of 21, 8 of 11 three-pointers, and bombed 42 points and 8 rebounds; Siakam played 41 minutes, 10 of 24, contributing 25 points, 7 rebounds and 10 assists, Barnes played 36 minutes, 7 of 17, had 15 points, 6 rebounds and 5 steals; VanVleet had 3 of 11 with 12 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists, and Achuva had 11 points and 7 rebounds.
For the Suns, Booker had 22 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists and three turnovers on the sun; Payne became the team's fig leaf, he scored a team-high 24 points of 9 of 18, plus 7 rebounds and 4 assists; Bridges had 18 points and 7 rebounds, Crowder 13 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals, Ayton 16 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists, Shamet 2 points and 2 assists, McGee 3 points and 8 rebounds, Craig 3 points and 4 assists, Holliday 7 points and 2 assists, Biyombo 4 points and 2 rebounds, the Suns lost, but his plus-minus was + 10。 This game once again reflects the value of Paul, without Paul's Sun, even the Raptors can't play, but such a lineup can play with the opponent is already good.