Jan 20 2009
Raptors Make A Strong Run But Come Up Short
This year a common theme with the Phoenix Suns is that they get off to an early lead extending it to double digits and then they faulter in the second half. This almost happened again, as the Toronto Raptors were down the whole game up until late in the fourth quarter where they made a strong run but they came up a little short, and the Suns managed to claim victory with a final score of 117-113.
Toronto has been suffering from a barrage of injuries to key players all year. In this game, Jason Kapono was out due to flu-like symptoms and Jermaine O’Neal and Jose Calderon are both injured and have missed several games. It has been a depressing year so far for the Raptors as they have a lot of talent but haven’t put it all together, and there record shows that winning 16 games and losing 26 games.
The top 3 scorers for the Suns were Amare Stoudemire with 31 points, Jason Richardson with 17 points and Shaquille O’Neal with 16 points. Shaq fouled out of the game in the 4th quarter but the rest of the team was able to hold on and get a win on the road. Steve Nash had an impressive 18 assists in the game and is now only 2 assists away from becoming the 12th all-time career assist leader.
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Phoenix Suns |
36 |
35 |
24 |
22 |
117 |
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Toronto Raptors |
34 |
29 |
24 |
26 |
113 |
