After starting the season with 9 victories in 11 matches, things are going much less well for the Suns. Since this thunderous start, Mike Budenholzer's players have plunged, and they are virtually out of the playoffs/play-in!
With 15 wins and 17 losses, Phoenix is in 11th place in the Western Conference…
“We have guys who have won at a high level, who have high expectations” explains the coach. “We have to find ways to be better, so these are not easy times. But our guys are going to find a way past this, and we're going to find a way together. »
Defeats that could be very costly
For the moment, the path is really not clear, and the team remains on six defeats in seven games.
“The level of frustration is high. We are all competitors and we know that these matches will cost us dearly at the end of the season”confirms Devin Booker. “We want to gain ground, get out of this play-in zone and win every match possible. »
At the moment, the Suns are rather losing ground, while the successive injuries to Kevin Durant, Devin Booker and Bradley Beal have shown that this team has extremely limited room for maneuver.
“I feel like I can do so much, and I just have to be better.” assures Kevin Durant. “And I have the impression that all the players in the locker room have the same mentality.”
| Shots | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | L.F. | Off | Def | Early | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Party | Pts |
| Kevin Durant | 22 | 36.0 | 51.2 | 41.1 | 83.6 | 0.5 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 27.7 |
| Devin Booker | 27 | 36.3 | 42.9 | 34.1 | 90.2 | 1.1 | 2.5 | 3.7 | 6.5 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 24.7 |
| Bradley Beal | 22 | 33.4 | 48.9 | 38.6 | 76.0 | 0.7 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 2.7 | 18.2 |
| Tyus Jones | 32 | 31.3 | 49.2 | 43.5 | 85.7 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 6.3 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 12.6 |
| Royce O'Neale | 31 | 26.3 | 44.7 | 44.1 | 76.2 | 1.0 | 4.6 | 5.6 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 2.3 | 10.5 |
| Grayson Allen | 23 | 23.9 | 40.4 | 37.6 | 84.0 | 0.7 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 10.4 |
| Jusuf Nurkic | 23 | 24.3 | 45.2 | 30.4 | 69.2 | 1.9 | 7.6 | 9.5 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 3.0 | 8.8 |
| Josh Okogie | 20 | 15.7 | 48.6 | 38.5 | 64.3 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 3.2 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 6.8 |
| Ryan Dunn | 28 | 18.8 | 42.6 | 30.4 | 50.0 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 2.9 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 6.3 |
| Monte Morris | 27 | 13.5 | 41.9 | 29.1 | 82.4 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 5.5 |
| Mason Plumlee | 31 | 17.5 | 58.8 | 0.0 | 60.0 | 1.6 | 4.6 | 6.2 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 4.3 |
| Oso Ighodaro | 26 | 15.9 | 59.5 | 0.0 | 57.9 | 1.0 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 3.8 |
| Bowl Bowl | 7 | 5.3 | 60.0 | 20.0 | 66.7 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 3.3 |
| Colin Gillespie | 1 | 3.5 | 50.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 |
| Tyty Washington, Jr. | 3 | 8.9 | 50.0 | 66.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.7 |
| Damion Lee | 7 | 6.7 | 23.8 | 8.3 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 2.4 |
| Jalen Bridges | 4 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
