Tue, Jan 16th vs Kings 119-117 WIN!
Fri, Jan 19th @ Pelicans 123-109 WIN!
Sun, Jan 21st vs Pacers 117-110 WIN!
This Week's Games
Mon, Jan 22nd vs Bulls at 9:00PM EST on SUNS LIVE, ARIZONA'S FAMILY 3TV / ARIZONA'S FAMILY SPORTS
Weds, Jan 24th @ Mavericks @ 8:30PM EST on ABC
Fri, Jan 26th @ Pacers at 7:00PM EST on SUNS LIVE, ARIZONA'S FAMILY 3TV / ARIZONA'S FAMILY SPORTS
Sun, Jan 28th @ Magic at 6:00PM EST on SUNS LIVE, ARIZONA'S FAMILY 3TV / ARIZONA'S FAMILY SPORTS
Suns Stories
A struggling Suns bench needs to find a way to produce once again
https://www.brightsideofthesun.com/2024 ... tu-eubanks
Shaquille O'Neal says Devin Booker is not happy with Nike, invites him to join Reebok: "We just getting started"
https://www.basketballnetwork.net/lates ... oin-reebok
NBA.com Power Rankings
https://www.nba.com/news/power-rankings-2023-24-week-14
#9 PHOENIX SUNS
Last Week:14↑
Record: 24-18
OffRtg: 117.1 (11) DefRtg: 115.2 (16) NetRtg: +1.9 (11) Pace: 98.4 (25)
Uh oh. It may be time for other teams to start (if they weren’t already) worrying about the Suns, who’ve had their three stars together for seven straight games and won the last five.
Three takeaways
- Before last week, the Suns were 1-7 within the top eight in the Western Conference, having lost to the Clippers by 27 points in the first (and only one) of those games in which Phoenix had all three of its stars. But the Suns came back from 22 points down in the fourth quarter to beat the Kings on Tuesday, with Kevin Durant winning the game at the free throw line with less than two seconds left. Three nights later, they won in New Orleans behind 52 points from Devin Booker. So 1-7 has become 3-7 within the top eight in the West, with the 10 games still being the fewest that any of the eight teams have played within the group.
- Even with the five-game winning streak, the Suns are just 7-4 with Booker, Durant and Bradley Beal in uniform. They’ve outscored their opponents by 17 points per 100 possessions in 214 minutes with all three on the floor, but are just a plus-1.6 per 100 over the 11 games total.
- While they haven’t been dominant, five straight wins is the longest active winning streak in the West, and it’s been a relatively strong stretch defensively (112.0 points allowed per 100 possessions). Over the weekend, the Suns held two top-10 offenses (those of the Pelicans and Pacers) well below the league average for efficiency.
The Suns will face another top-10 offense (and another top-eight team in the West) when they begin their longest road trip of the season (seven games over 12 days) in Dallas on Wednesday.
Week 14: vs. CHI, @ DAL, @ IND, @ ORL