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Toronto Raptors (5-4) at Phoenix Suns (8-2), NBA League Pass
The Suns have surprised everybody with their fast start. They dumped Shaq in the offseason and went back to their run-and-gun offense, averaging 111.3 points per game. Steve Nash (17.1 PPG & 11.8 APG) is having another outstanding year at age 35 and Channing Frye has emerged as a perfect fit in the Sun’s system after spending year’s buried on Portland’s bench. The Suns have won eight out of 10 games so far and Amare Stoudemire (18.1 PPG) hasn’t even played his best ball yet after going through yet another offseason surgery.
As for the Raptors, they are also one of the top scoring teams in the NBA, averaging 107.7 points per game. Forward Chris Bosh (28.0 PPG & 11.8 RPG) is having an outstanding start and former no. 1 overall pick, Andrea Barnani (19.6 PPG,) is finally showing why he was thought of so highly coming out of Europe.
Expect an exciting game with tons of scoring between of these two offensive minded -teams tonight.
Phoenix 129, Toronto 126