Raptors Vs. Suns: Andrea Bargnani Ends Toronto's Streak In Glorious Return
Andrea Bargnani returned from injury to drop 36 points and help end the Toronto Raptors' eight-game losing streak with a 99-96 victory over the Phoenix Suns.
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| Final - 1.24.2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toronto Raptors | 17 | 31 | 31 | 20 | 99 |
| Phoenix Suns | 27 | 25 | 19 | 25 | 96 |
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Stories
RaptorsHQ Rapid Recap - Phoenix Suns 96 - Toronto Raptors 99
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Boxscore
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toronto | 17 | 31 | 31 | 20 | 99 |
| Phoenix | 27 | 25 | 19 | 25 | 96 |
| Toronto | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Johnson | 35 | 7-12 | 0-1 | 4-4 | 10-3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3-0 | 18 |
| Andrea Bargnani | 42 | 10-21 | 4-6 | 12-12 | 6-1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2-0 | 36 |
| Aaron Gray | 15 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5-3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3-0 | 2 |
| DeMar DeRozan | 22 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 4 |
| Jose Calderon | 33 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 4-0 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1-0 | 6 |
| Amir Johnson | 12 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3-0 | 5 |
| Leandro Barbosa | 31 | 7-14 | 3-3 | 2-2 | 2-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1-0 | 19 |
| Jerryd Bayless | 14 | 1-6 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1-0 | 2 |
| Ed Davis | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 0 |
| Rasual Butler | 6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 2 |
| Linas Kleiza | 20 | 1-5 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 10-2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3-0 | 5 |
| Gary Forbes | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Jamaal Magloire | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Anthony Carter | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Solomon Alabi | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 34-82 | 8-15 | 23-25 | 46-11 | 18 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 22-0 | 99 | |
| .415 | .533 | .920 | Team Reb: 6 | Total TO: 1 (14 pts) | |||||||
| Phoenix | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Hill | 22 | 5-10 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 5-0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2-0 | 11 |
| Markieff Morris | 16 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 4 |
| Marcin Gortat | 37 | 9-16 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 12-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2-0 | 21 |
| Ronnie Price | 27 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5-2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4-0 | 4 |
| Steve Nash | 34 | 8-14 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 7-1 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0-1 | 17 |
| Channing Frye | 12 | 1-7 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3-0 | 3 |
| Jared Dudley | 23 | 2-7 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 6 |
| Hakim Warrick | 25 | 6-9 | 0-0 | 5-6 | 1-1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 17 |
| Sebastian Telfair | 13 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 3-1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 4 |
| Robin Lopez | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-1 | 0 |
| Shannon Brown | 16 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 7 |
| Michael Redd | 4 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 2 |
| Josh Childress | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 39-82 | 5-16 | 13-17 | 40-8 | 23 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 20-2 | 96 | |
| .476 | .313 | .765 | Team Reb: 5 | Total TO: 0 (13 pts) | |||||||
GAME NOTES
Officials: - Ken Mauer, Rodney Mott, Eli Roe
Duration:2:20
Officials: - Ken Mauer, Rodney Mott, Eli Roe
Duration:2:20
