Toronto Star

Game day: Phoenix Suns at Raptors

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AIR CANADA CENTRE TIPOFF: Sunday, 6 p.m. TV: TSN RADIO: TSN1050 PROBABLE STARTERS Phoenix: Eric Bledsoe, Devin Booker, T.J. Warren, Marquese Chriss, Tyson Chandler. Toronto: Kyle Lowry, DeMar DeRo- zan, DeMarre Carroll, Pascal Siakam, Jonas Valanciuna­s. KEY MATCHUP

Devin Booker, Suns, vs. DeMar DeRozan, Raptors. The Suns guard is the team’s leading scorer (20.4 points per game) and had back-to-back 39-point games earlier this month. He’ll be a challenge for DeRozan at both ends of the court. NEED TO KNOW The Suns are last in the Western Conference, 13-29 before a game Saturday night in New York . . . Toronto, which lost in Charlotte on Friday and at Philadelph­ia on Wednesday, hasn’t lost three games in a row since November, 2015 . . . The availabili­ty of Lucas Nogueira (concussion) and

Patrick Patterson (knee) won’t be known until game time. That’s likely to affect the starting power forward decision. Both Nogueira and Patterson took part in a spirited series of four-on-four games after practice on Saturday … DeRozan has scored 20 or more points in a career-high 15 straight games. UP NEXT Tuesday, vs. San Antonio, 7 p.m. Doug Smith

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