Toronto Raptors @ Phoenix Suns
Monday, March 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM ET
PHX Arena, Phoenix, AZ | Game ID: 22400991
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
PHX 24 39 30 36 129TOR 29 11 24 25 89
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Devin Booker leads big 2nd quarter, Suns rout Raptors 129-89
PHOENIX -- — Devin Booker scored 27 points and led a second-quarter surge as the Phoenix Suns routed the Toronto Raptors 129-89 on Monday night.
Playing without injured guard Bradley Beal again, the Suns saw seven players score in double figures. Thirteen players scored for Phoenix and the final margin of 40 was the biggest lead of the night.
The Suns trailed 29-24 at the end of the first quarter but outscored Toronto 39-11 to take a 23-point halftime lead. Most of it came with reserves Royce O’Neale, Tyus Jones , Cody Martin and Oso Ighodaro joining Booker on the court.
Ryan Dunn scored 17 points, Jones had 15 points including four 3-pointers, Kevin Durant had 14, Monte Morris 12 and Nick Richards 10. O'Neale had 11 points and 10 rebounds.
Scottie Barnes had 16 points and Immanuel Quickley had 15 points, seven rebounds and seven assists for the Raptors, playing without starters RJ Barrett (illness) and Gradey Dick (right knee bruise) plus center Jakob Poeltl (rest).
Suns coach Mike Budenholzer said before the game that Beal will miss at least a week with a left hamstring injury sustained in Sunday’s loss to the Lakers. Beal, who including Monday has missed 21 of the Suns’ 69 games, had an MRI on Monday and will be evaluated in seven days. Collin Gillespie made his first career start in place of Beal.
Takeaways Raptors: Coach Darko Rajakovic sent out his 30th starting lineup of the season on Monday. Raptors are 8-25 on the road.
Suns: Moved one game behind Dallas for the last play-in spot in the West with 13 games remaining.
Key moment Booker scored 13 points in a 15-2 Phoenix run to begin the second quarter.
Key stat While Durant was on the bench for most of the second quarter, Phoenix outscored Toronto 33-8.
Up next Raptors visit Golden State on Thursday. Suns host Chicago on Wednesday.
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Who
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
PHXBB B. Bol
CG C. Gillespie
CM C. Martin
DB D. Booker
DL D. Lee
KD K. Durant
MM M. Morris
MP M. Plumlee
NR N. Richards
OI O. Ighodaro
RD R. Dunn
RO R. O'Neale
TJ T. Jones
TW T. Washington Jr.
VM V. Micić
TORAL A. Lawson
CC C. Castleton
GT G. Temple
IQ I. Quickley
JB J. Battle
JM J. Mogbo
JS J. Shead
OR O. Robinson
SB S. Barnes
PHX/TOR the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur