{"id":652132,"date":"2026-03-13T07:14:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T07:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/652132\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T07:14:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T07:14:14","slug":"toronto-hosts-phoenix-following-bookers-43-point-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/652132\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto hosts Phoenix following Booker’s 43-point game"},"content":{"rendered":"

Phoenix Suns<\/a> (39-27, seventh in the Western Conference) vs. Toronto Raptors<\/a> (36-29, seventh in the Eastern Conference)<\/p>\n

Toronto; Friday, 7:30 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Raptors -4; over\/under is 218.5<\/p>\n

BOTTOM LINE: Phoenix visits the Toronto Raptors after Devin Booker<\/a> scored 43 points in the Suns’ 123-108 win against the Indiana Pacers.<\/p>\n

The Raptors are 17-16 on their home court. Toronto ranks fourth in the NBA<\/a> with 28.8 assists per game led by Immanuel Quickley<\/a> averaging 6.1.<\/p>\n

The Suns have gone 17-14 away from home. Phoenix is 17-20 against opponents with a winning record.<\/p>\n

The Raptors score 113.4 points per game, 2.4 more points than the 111.0 the Suns allow. The Suns are shooting 45.4% from the field, 1.0% lower than the 46.4% the Raptors’ opponents have shot this season.<\/p>\n

TOP PERFORMERS: Scottie Barnes<\/a> is shooting 49.9% and averaging 18.8 points for the Raptors. Quickley is averaging 2.5 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

Collin Gillespie<\/a> is scoring 13.4 points per game and averaging 4.2 rebounds for the Suns. Royce O’Neale is averaging 2.7 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

LAST 10 GAMES: Raptors: 4-6, averaging 111.4 points, 39.3 rebounds, 26.1 assists, 9.6 steals and 4.2 blocks per game while shooting 46.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 109.9 points per game.<\/p>\n

Suns: 7-3, averaging 108.2 points, 44.2 rebounds, 23.6 assists, 8.8 steals and 4.1 blocks per game while shooting 43.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 105.4 points.<\/p>\n

INJURIES: Raptors: Scottie Barnes: day to day (illness), Collin Murray-Boyles: day to day (thumb).<\/p>\n

Suns: Grayson Allen: day to day (knee), Dillon Brooks: out (hand), Mark Williams<\/a>: out (foot).<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Phoenix Suns (39-27, seventh in the Western Conference) vs. Toronto Raptors (36-29, seventh in the Eastern Conference) Toronto;…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":50800,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5131],"tags":[5229,5643,1587,21595,7196,255655,85455,15946,37352,1589,1721,28993,3126,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-652132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-phoenix","tag-america","tag-arizona","tag-az","tag-collin-gillespie","tag-devin-booker","tag-event_preview","tag-immanuel-quickley","tag-mark-williams","tag-national-basketball-association","tag-phoenix","tag-phoenix-suns","tag-scottie-barnes","tag-toronto-raptors","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116220636040379916","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=652132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652132\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=652132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=652132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=652132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}