{"id":535493,"date":"2026-03-14T08:08:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T08:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/535493\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T08:08:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T08:08:14","slug":"rj-barrett-brandon-ingram-scottie-barnes-power-toronto-raptors-to-win-over-phoenix-suns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/535493\/","title":{"rendered":"RJ Barrett, Brandon Ingram, Scottie Barnes power Toronto Raptors to win over Phoenix Suns"},"content":{"rendered":"

TORONTO \u2014 Canadian RJ Barrett<\/a> had 22 points, including nine in the fourth quarter, as the Toronto Raptors<\/a> rallied past the Phoenix Suns<\/a> 122-115 on Friday.<\/p>\n

Barrett, from Mississauga, Ont., also had six rebounds and five assists as Toronto (37-29) earned a critical win in the Eastern Conference standings.<\/p>\n

All-star forward Brandon Ingram<\/a> led all scorers with 36 points and pulled down seven boards.<\/p>\n

Scottie Barnes<\/a>, the Raptors\u2019 other all-star, finished with 14 points and six rebounds.<\/p>\n

Jalen Green<\/a> had 34 points, including matching a career-high eight three-pointers, as Phoenix (39-28) had its four-game win streak snapped. Devin Booker<\/a> added 31 points.<\/p>\n

Toronto rookie centre Collin Murray-Boyles<\/a> missed his seventh straight game with a sprained left thumb.<\/p>\n

Takeaways<\/p>\n

Suns: Phoenix\u2019s bench players significantly outscored their Toronto counterparts 39-27. The Suns\u2019 three-point shooting also made a difference as they took 15 more shots from beyond the arc and made four more.<\/p>\n

Raptors: Barrett had the go-ahead three-pointer in the fourth quarter as Toronto outscored Phoenix 15-10 in the final four minutes of the game. The Raptors — thanks largely to Barrett\u2019s slashing attacks — outscored Phoenix 60-32 in the paint.<\/p>\n

Key moment<\/p>\n

Barrett drilled a 23-foot three-pointer with 3:35 left to play to give Toronto its first lead since the opening period.<\/p>\n

Key stat<\/p>\n

Ingram had a total of 42 points over his last three games, before exploding for 36 – including five three-pointers – against the Suns.<\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

Toronto: Hosts the Detroit Pistons<\/a> on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Phoenix: Visits the Boston Celtics<\/a> on Monday.<\/p>\n

This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 13, 2026.<\/p>\n

John Chidley-Hill, The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TORONTO \u2014 Canadian RJ Barrett had 22 points, including nine in the fourth quarter, as the Toronto Raptors…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":535142,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194291],"tags":[49,48,82,3302],"class_list":["post-535493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-toronto","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-toronto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=535493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535493\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/535142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=535493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=535493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=535493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}