The Phoenix Suns (20-16, 6-11 Away) head to face the Toronto Raptors (15-20, 10-8 Home), who will be looking to reverse their home losing skid, on Friday. Phoenix was blown out by the Washington Wizards 127-102 at Capital One Arena on Wednesday.
Deandre Ayton had a standout performance in the loss with 31 points and three assists. The Suns are the fifth seed in the Western Conference. Toronto is playing on back-to-back days after dropping their fifth in a row at home yesterday at Scotiabank Arena, falling to the Memphis Grizzlies 119-106.
Pascal Siakam had 25 points and 10 rebounds in defeat, carrying the team. The Raptors are 10th in the Eastern Conference.The teams are meeting for the first time this season. Phoenix and Toronto split their matchups last season, each team taking one game.
The Raptors took the last meeting 117-112 at Footprint Center on March 11. Gary Trent Jr. led the Raptors with 42 points and eight rebounds. Cameron Payne had 24 points and seven rebounds in defeat.
The Suns have been led this season by Devin Booker, who is averaging 27.1 points per game, 10th-highest in the league. Booker also has dished 5.6 assists per game. Meanwhile, Ayton is grabbing 9.4 rebounds.Siakam’s 26.5 points per game have powered the Raptors on offense.
Siakam has also filled the stat sheet with 8.6 rebounds and 6.7 assists per game. The teams have split their last 10 games at Scotiabank Arena (5-5). Meanwhile, the Raptors are 1-4 this season when playing the second of a back-to-back and 0-2 in such games against rested opponents.
The Suns are 3-0 with a rest advantage.In the last 10 games, Phoenix is 4-6 with an average margin of -1.2 (114.2-115.4). Toronto has gone 2-8 over the last 10, allowing 115.3 points per game on average while scoring only 110.8 (-4.5 margin).
SUNS HOT/COLD
(Last Five | Season Average | Differential)
Points + Rebounds + Assists:
Landry Shamet: 33.3 | 12.7 | +20.6
Devin Booker: 2.0 | 37.3 | -35.3
Points per game:
Landry Shamet: 25.7 | 9.4 | +16.3
Devin Booker: 2.0 | 27.1 | -25.1
Rebounds per game:
Devin Booker: 0.0 | 4.6 | -4.6
Assists per game:
Devin Booker: 0.0 | 5.6 | -5.6
RAPTORS HOT/COLD
(Last Five | Season Average | Differential)
Points per game:
Pascal Siakam: 35.4 | 26.5 | +8.9
Assists per game:
Fred VanVleet: 4.5 | 6.1 | -1.6
SportsTips’ NBA Pick:
Toronto Raptors (-120)
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