With Hollywood luminary Burt Reynolds sitting at courtside, Vince Carter wouldn't have needed to go very far to ask someone about the importance of a lead actor needing a strong supporting cast.

There were certainly no nominations for best supporting actor in yesterday's matinee performance by the Raptors at the Air Canada Centre as Carter's 42-point performance went for nought in a numbing 91-90 loss to the Phoenix Suns.

Moments after Carter drove the lane, missed his shot and then converted the rebound from the left baseline to put Toronto ahead 90-89 with 3.0 seconds left, Penny Hardaway and Rodney Rogers worked the give-and-go to perfection as Hardaway's left-handed lay-in at the buzzer silenced a sellout throng of 19,800.

Unlike Friday night, when Carter single-handedly saved the Raptors from their third loss in a row with another 42-point night, he couldn't pull it off by himself this time and got little help from his teammates