Every loss further drives the narrative for Phoenix to do something major.
The Suns (14-22) are just a game behind San Antonio for the eighth playoff spot going into Monday’s games after falling to Memphis (15-22) for a second straight time, 121-114, Sunday night.
Phoenix has gone from being a work in progress in the preseason to showing the potential to be a playoff team to displaying an inconsistency that had Monty Williams leaving Sunday’s post-game press conference without taking any questions after delivering a statement that pulled no punches.
“"Until we learn how to play the right way consistently, we're just going to have a lot of nights like this," he said.