7:35 pm
March 26

Suns @ Raptors

Who will WIN this matchup?

Phoenix Suns (29-14)

@ Toronto Raptors (18-26)

 

Current odds:

Phoenix Suns: (-170)

Toronto Raptors: (+150)

 

• The line for this game is Suns by 3.5 points.

• After ending a nine-game skid emphatically against the Denver Nuggets, the Toronto Raptors will try to carry the momentum into their game against the visiting Phoenix Suns on Friday night at Tampa. The Raptors dominated the Nuggets 135-111 on Wednesday for their first win since Feb. 26, led by 27 points from Pascal Siakam. The Raptors controlled the game from the outset and made a franchise-record 24 3-point shots in 48 attempts.

• The Raptors will have a different look Friday. Norm Powell, who scored 22 points against the Nuggets, was traded to the Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday for Gary Trent and Rodney Hood, according to ESPN.

• The Suns, meanwhile, had their seven-game road winning streak end Wednesday when they lost to the Orlando Magic 112-111. Devin Booker missed a layup on a baseline drive at the buzzer in traffic after Evan Fournier gave the Magic the lead on a driving layup over Deandre Ayton with 6.4 seconds remaining in the game. Phoenix led Orlando by as many as 13 points in the first half, but Orlando had cut the lead to five going into the fourth.

• The Suns are 14-6 on the road. They have won 21 of their past 27 games overall.

• Booker scored 24 points on Jan. 6 when the Suns beat the visiting Raptors 123-115 in the first meeting this season between the teams. Siakam had 32 points for Toronto in that game. The Raptors had won the previous six games between the teams.

• Siakam had a heated postgame exchange after the road loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Sunday. He had scored nine points and did not play in the fourth quarter. The next night at Houston he scored 21 points in a loss to the Rockets. Siakam said the outburst was a result of the Raptors’ losing streak.

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