{"id":14511,"date":"2026-03-23T09:39:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T09:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/?p=14511"},"modified":"2026-03-23T13:25:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T13:25:45","slug":"toronto-raptors-lose-120-98-to-phoenix-suns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/toronto-raptors-lose-120-98-to-phoenix-suns\/","title":{"rendered":"Impossible to Overcome: Raptors Lose 120-98 to Phoenix Suns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/devin-booker-prepares-to-take-a-free-throw-in-win-against-toronto-raptors-during-nba-2025-26-season.jpg\" alt=\"Devin Booker prepares to take a free throw in win against Toronto Raptors during NBA 2025-26 Season\" width=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-14513\" title=\"Impossible to Overcome: Toronto Raptors Lose 120-98 to Phoenix Suns\" \/><strong>Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Phoenix Suns snapped a five-game losing streak, beating the Toronto Raptors 120-98.<\/li>\n<li>Devin Booker scored 25 points, while Ryan Dunn and Rasheer Fleming helped the Suns build a big early lead.<\/li>\n<li>Phoenix improved to 40 wins while Raptors fell to 39-31, keeping the Eastern Conference playoff race tight.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The <strong>Phoenix Suns<\/strong> finally stopped their five-game losing streak in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/sports-betting\/basketball\/nba\">2025\u201326 NBA season<\/a> with a crushing 120-98 win against the <strong>Toronto Raptors<\/strong> on Sunday night. Despite Scottie Barnes&#8217; best attempts to keep the Raptors within striking distance with 13 points, the deficit ultimately proved to be too difficult to overcome.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dbook\">Devin Booker<\/a><\/strong> led the charge with 25 points, while <strong>Jalen Green<\/strong> added 20, helping Phoenix secure its 40th win of the season and mark a four-win improvement over last year, with 10 games still pending.<\/p>\n<p>From the get-go, the Suns were the ones that set the tone, never trailing and jumping to a 34-20 lead after the first quarter. The team hit 8-of-12 from beyond the arc, and, by halftime, they managed to extend the advantage to 66-48. <\/p>\n<p>Booker scored a total of 12 points in the first half. <\/p>\n<p>In the third quarter, Jordan Ott\u2019s side widened the lead even more, taking an 18-point halftime cushion to a 92-62 advantage late in the period. <\/p>\n<p>A highlight came when Booker drove to the basket, drew a foul, and completed a three-point play to keep the Raptors at bay. Collin Gillespie contributed 16 points, while the second unit stepped up as Ryan Dunn scored 12 and rookie Rasheer Fleming added 11.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Devin Booker. On a heater.<\/p>\n<p>Hell of a sequence and response after a rough outing last night. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wRUyuCgqKY\">pic.twitter.com\/wRUyuCgqKY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Gilbert McGregor (@GilMcGregor_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GilMcGregor_\/status\/2035911175272272204?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 23, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<h2>Second Loss in a Row for Toronto<\/h2>\n<p>Toronto, now 39-31, lost its second straight game, preserving its fifth position in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/ca\/legal-canadian-online-betting-sites\">Eastern Conference playoff race<\/a> while being just a half-game ahead of the Atlanta Hawks and Philadelphia 76ers. <\/p>\n<p><strong>RJ Barrett<\/strong> and <strong>Ja\u2019Kobe Walter<\/strong> each scored 13 points to support Barnes, but the team could not close the gap.<\/p>\n<p>Despite missing a few important players, including <strong>Royce O\u2019Neale, Grayson Allen, Dillon Brooks and Mark Williams<\/strong>, the Suns\u2019 gameplay was characterized by plenty of depth and cohesion.<\/p>\n<p>The team showed plenty of resilience on both ends of the floor while its bench production proved to be an essential element that helped maintain a steady lead throughout the contest.<\/p>\n<p>Looking ahead, the Raptors will travel to face the Utah Jazz on Monday, hoping to rebound and protect their playoff position. Phoenix will return home to host the Denver Nuggets on Tuesday, aiming to continue their late-season surge and build momentum for the playoffs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary: The Phoenix Suns snapped a five-game losing streak, beating the Toronto Raptors 120-98. Devin Booker scored 25 points, while Ryan Dunn and Rasheer Fleming helped the Suns build a big early lead. Phoenix improved to 40 wins while Raptors fell to 39-31, keeping the Eastern Conference playoff race tight. The Phoenix Suns finally stopped [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","category-usa"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Impossible to Overcome: Raptors Lose 120-98 to Phoenix Suns<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Devin Booker scored 25 points as the Phoenix Suns beat the Toronto Raptors 120-98, ending a five-game skid.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/toronto-raptors-lose-120-98-to-phoenix-suns\/\" \/>\n<meta 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