TORONTO (AP) — Brandon Ingram scored 36 points, RJ Barrett added 22 and the Toronto Raptors rallied to beat Phoenix 122-115 on Friday night, snapping the Suns’ winning streak at four.
Jalen Green scored 34 points for Phoenix, matching his career high with eight 3-pointers, and Devin Booker added 31 points, but the Suns couldn’t hold on after leading by 10 in the fourth quarter.
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Toronto Raptors' Scottie Barnes (4) passes the ball against the Phoenix Suns during first-half NBA basketball game action in Toronto, Friday, March 13, 2026. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)
Toronto Raptors' Jamal Shead (23) shoots over Phoenix Suns' Haywood Highsmith (19) during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Toronto, Friday, March 13, 2026. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)
Toronto Raptors' Jamal Shead, right, passes the ball between Phoenix Suns' Jordan Goodwin, left, and Grayson Allen (8) during first-half NBA basketball game action in Toronto, Friday, March 13, 2026. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)
Toronto Raptors' Brandon Ingram (3) shoots past Phoenix Suns' Oso Ighodaro (11) during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Toronto, Friday, March 13, 2026. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)
Phoenix Suns' Devin Booker (1) and Toronto Raptors' Jakob Poeltl (19) battle for the ball during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Toronto, Friday, March 13, 2026. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)
Immanuel Quickley scored 17 points for Toronto. Scottie Barnes had 14 and Ja’Kobe Walter 12 as the Raptors won for the first time in three games.
Grayson Allen scored 15 points for the Suns.
Toronto trailed 105-95 with 8:12 left in the final period but turned it around with a 13-2 spurt capped by Barrett’s 3-pointer with 3:35 remaining.
Royce O’Neal stopped the run by making a 3 with 2:36 left but the Suns didn’t score again until Booker made three free throws with 24 seconds remaining.
Before that, Barnes blocked Green on a dunk attempt in the final minute, allowing Barrett to extend Toronto’s lead to six with a dunk at the other end.
Coming off a 43-point performance Thursday night in a win at Indiana, Booker shot 10 for 20 against Toronto. He went 2 for 5 from 3-point range and 9 for 11 at the line.
Green made 8 of 16 from distance. His career high for 3-point attempts is 17.
Suns: At Boston on Monday night.
Raptors: Host Detroit on Sunday.
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Toronto Raptors' Scottie Barnes (4) passes the ball against the Phoenix Suns during first-half NBA basketball game action in Toronto, Friday, March 13, 2026. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)
Toronto Raptors' Jamal Shead (23) shoots over Phoenix Suns' Haywood Highsmith (19) during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Toronto, Friday, March 13, 2026. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)
Toronto Raptors' Jamal Shead, right, passes the ball between Phoenix Suns' Jordan Goodwin, left, and Grayson Allen (8) during first-half NBA basketball game action in Toronto, Friday, March 13, 2026. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)
Toronto Raptors' Brandon Ingram (3) shoots past Phoenix Suns' Oso Ighodaro (11) during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Toronto, Friday, March 13, 2026. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)
Phoenix Suns' Devin Booker (1) and Toronto Raptors' Jakob Poeltl (19) battle for the ball during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Toronto, Friday, March 13, 2026. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)
OSLO, Norway (AP) — Three-time Ballon d’Or winner Aitana Bonmatí starts on the bench for Barcelona in the Women’s Champions League final against OL Lyonnes just three weeks after returning from a broken leg.
Bonmatí has played only four games, three as a substitute, since her comeback from the fractured left fibula she sustained in November.
Clara Serrajordi, an 18-year-old Spain international, starts in Bonmatí’s place in support of two-time Ballon d’Or winner Alexia Putellas.
Barcelona and Lyon meet in Saturday's final for the fourth time in eight seasons with both chasing a sweep of four trophies this season. Lyon leads Barcelona 2-1 head-to-head in their Champions League title matches.
Lyon is captained by Wendie Renard, the 35-year-old center back who has featured in all of the club’s record eight European titles.
United States captain Lindsey Heaps anchors the midfield in one of her last games for Lyon before she returns home to join Denver Summit, an expansion team in the NWSL.
Heaps’ international teammate Lily Yohannes, aged 18, starts in the Lyon midfield.
Barcelona is in its seventh final in eight years, its sixth in a row, and is widely favored to win a fourth title. That era started with a humbling 4-1 loss to Lyon in the 2019 final in Budapest.
“They were much, much better than us. I am humble enough to say that,” Putellas recalled Friday.
Lyon also won their title clash in 2022 and only in 2024 did Barcelona finally triumph against its biggest rival.
The teams are coached by former colleagues at Barcelona. Jonatan Giráldez now coaches Lyon after winning two Women’s Champions League titles at Barcelona when Pere Romeu was one of his assistants.
“I feel privileged to face Barcelona as I’m grateful for the experience I had there and I wish them the best,” Giráldez said.
UEFA’s choice of Oslo to host the final has drawn some criticism from Barcelona.
Bonmatí suggested the 28,000-seat Ullevaal Stadium was “a step back” for women’s soccer: a stadium too small in a city with too few direct flights.
Norway was defended as “the motherland” of women’s soccer in Europe by UEFA’s director of women’s football, Nadine Kessler. She played in three Champions League finals that each drew crowds of fewer than 20,000.
The Ullevaal is sold out Saturday, while one year ago Sporting Lisbon’s stadium was just three-quarters full with nearly 39,000 to watch Arsenal beat Barcelona 1-0.
Norway’s established stars — Barcelona’s Caroline Graham Hansen and Lyon's Ada Hegerberg — stood up for their national stadium Friday.
“The venue was decided a couple of years ago,” said Graham Hansen, who grew up in this neighborhood of Oslo, “and you didn’t take it for granted you would sell out the stadium.”
The game is “a once in a lifetime” opportunity for Norwegian soccer and to inspire young girls, Hegerberg said.
The 2027 final is in Warsaw at Poland’s national stadium, which can hold 56,000 for the biggest games.
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The tournament trophy is displayed on the pitch ahead of the Women's Champions League final soccer match between FC Barcelona and OL Lyonnes, in Oslo, Saturday, May 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Barcelona's Alexia Putellas walks with a ball during a training session on the eve of the Women's Champions League final soccer match between FC Barcelona and OL Lyonnes, in Oslo, Friday, May 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Barcelona's Aitana Bonmati, right, and Sydney Schertenleib play with a ball during a training session on the eve of the Women's Champions League final soccer match between FC Barcelona and OL Lyonnes, in Oslo, Friday, May 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Lyonnes players and staff gather together on the pitch during a training session on the eve of the Women's Champions League final soccer match between FC Barcelona and OL Lyonnes, in Oslo, Friday, May 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Lyonnes' Ada Hegerberg reaches for the ball during a training session on the eve of the Women's Champions League final soccer match between FC Barcelona and OL Lyonnes, in Oslo, Friday, May 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Barcelona's Kika Nazareth plays with a ball during a training session on the eve of the Women's Champions League final soccer match between FC Barcelona and OL Lyonnes, in Oslo, Friday, May 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
