The Toronto Raptors welcomed the bottom of the West, Phoenix Suns to the Scotiabank Arena on Thursday night. Without Kawhi Leonard, OG Anunoby and Jonas Valanciunas for the game, we were expectant to see plenty of minutes for rotation players and maybe even a debut for a recent acquisition, Patrick McCaw. Toronto were coming off the back of a frustrating loss to the Boston Celtics and a win against a young struggling team would at least boost the confidence of the team, if only temporarily.
The Raptors started strong in the first and an 11-0 run put them up 21-11 early, Fred VanVleet and Kyle Lowry both knocking down triples during the scoring stretch.