A backbone strong enough to support the Phoenix Suns even when their stars aren't cooking is how they can be an elite team and we saw a glimpse of that possibility on Saturday in a 113-105 win over the Golden State Warriors.
We've all had those days at the office when we're mentally checked out the day before going on vacation or celebrating a holiday, and that sure looked like what we saw from the Phoenix Suns on Wednesday in a 127-117 loss to the Brooklyn Nets.
The Phoenix Suns picked up right where they left off as a fully loaded roster, defeating the Los Angeles Lakers 127-100 in the return of Kevin Durant and Bradley Beal.
The Phoenix Suns were not fans of an odd quirk in their regular season schedule when they first saw it but it benefitted them by giving Kevin Durant more time to recover.
Life without Bradley Beal (left calf strain) and Kevin Durant (left calf strain) keeps getting tougher for the Phoenix Suns after an incredibly difficult to swallow 120-117 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves on Sunday.
The shorthanded Phoenix Suns are going to be stuck in the mud until Devin Booker can lift them out of it and he wasn't capable of doing so in Friday's 99-83 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder.
The Phoenix Suns were shorthanded on the second game of a back-to-back on Wednesday and gave you about everything you would want to see in that type of situation.
It was a rather sudden bit of feedback on how much the Phoenix Suns would miss Kevin Durant (left calf strain), particularly in crunch time, in a 127-119 overtime loss to the Sacramento Kings.
Some teams need to go through a whole NBA season to figure out how to win games down the stretch. Some teams, like last year's Phoenix Suns, never even figure it out. These ones have already.
The Phoenix Suns will go as their offense goes this season, but their margin of error will be much less anxiety inducing if they can surprise defensively.
It's only been a month, but it feels like if you are waiting for Phoenix Suns rookie Ryan Dunn to turn into a pumpkin, you are going to be stuck waiting.
