New Headline: Rapsis Crush Sunrisers, Rockets Triumph in Four Games
The Phoenix Suns are now 2-1 midway through six-game road trip after falling March 13 to the Toronto Raptors.
TORONTO – The Phoenix Suns couldn’t close out the Toronto Raptors . The Suns squandered a double-digit lead in the fourth quarter of their 122-115 loss Friday, March 13, before a crowd of 19,195 at Scotiabank Arena in the second of a back-to-back. “When you're up against the wall, we talk a lot of times about there's no one throwing a life raft out there,” Suns coach Jordan Ott said.
“We've got to go get it. We just didn’t do a good enough job of it. " The Suns (39-28) had their four-game winning streak snapped as Toronto (37-29) outscored them, 27-10, in the final eight minutes after trailing, 105-95.
“God is good and God is great,” said Toronto coach Darko Rajakovic as the Raptors snapped a two-game skid. “I can thank him for the performance of the team. He kept us together the whole game and through all the ups and downs.
It was amazing to see the team came through throughout all the mistakes. ” Phoenix made the critical mistakes in crunch time, tallying five of its 12 turnovers in the fourth quarter with Devin Booker committing two in the fourth. “Feel like the wear down of a back-to-back definitely got to us on both ends,” Booker said.
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