Not only did the Suns win a game last week, it was the first week of the season that they didn’t suffer at least one 20-plus point loss. And even though they were 1-2, they were only outscored by a total of seven points combined (324 to 317). Prior to last week, the Suns were getting outscored by their opponents by an average of 39.75 total combined points per week.
It’s probably not coincidence that this occurred following Ryan Anderson’s banishment to the far end of the bench, Trevor Ariza’s two game absence due to personal reasons and rookie Mikal Bridges’ increase in playing time and his insertion into the starting lineup.