{"id":554921,"date":"2026-03-23T08:23:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T08:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/554921\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T08:23:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T08:23:10","slug":"toronto-raptors-drop-second-straight-lose-in-lopsided-fashion-to-phoenix-suns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/554921\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto Raptors drop second straight, lose in lopsided fashion to Phoenix Suns"},"content":{"rendered":"

PHOENIX (AP) \u2014 Devin Booker<\/a> scored 25 points, Jalen Green<\/a> added 20 and the Phoenix Suns<\/a> snapped a five-game NBA losing streak by beating the Toronto Raptors<\/a> 120-98 on Sunday night.<\/p>\n

Phoenix won its 40th game of the season, which is already a four-win improvement over last year with 10 games to play.<\/p>\n

The Suns never trailed and took an 18-point lead into halftime. They extended the advantage to 92-62 late in the third when Booker got fouled while making a driving layup, adding the free throw to convert the three-point play.<\/p>\n

Booker shot 9-of-15 from the field, including 3-of-6 from 3-point range. Collin Gillespie<\/a> added 16 points. The Suns\u2019 second unit played well with Ryan Dunn<\/a> scoring 12 and rookie Rasheer Fleming<\/a> adding 11.<\/p>\n

Toronto lost its second straight. The Raptors are still No. 5 in the Eastern Conference playoff race, but fell to 39-31, which is just a half-game ahead of the Atlanta Hawks<\/a> and Philadelphia 76ers<\/a>. The top six teams automatically make the playoffs in each conference.<\/p>\n

Scottie Barnes<\/a> led the Raptors with 17 points. RJ Barrett<\/a> and Ja\u2019Kobe Walter both added 13.<\/p>\n

Phoenix jumped out to a 34-20 after one quarter after shooting 8-of-12 from 3-point range and extended the advantage to 66-48 by halftime. Booker led the Suns with 12 points before the break, while Barnes had 13 for the Raptors.<\/p>\n

The banged-up Suns won despite missing a big chunk of their playing rotation, including Royce O\u2019Neale (knee), Grayson Allen<\/a> (knee), Dillon Brooks<\/a> (hand) and Mark Williams<\/a> (foot). <\/p>\n

UP NEXT<\/p>\n

Raptors: Visit the Utah Jazz<\/a> on Monday.<\/p>\n

Suns: Host the Denver Nuggets<\/a> on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

AP NBA: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nba<\/p>\n

David Brandt, The Associated Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHOENIX (AP) \u2014 Devin Booker scored 25 points, Jalen Green added 20 and the Phoenix Suns snapped a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":554922,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194291],"tags":[49,48,82,3302],"class_list":["post-554921","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\/554921","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=554921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554921\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/554922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=554921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=554921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=554921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}