With 27 games remaining in the 2023-2024 season, the Phoenix Suns emerge from the All-Star break ranked 5th in the Western Conference and currently possess the toughest remaining schedule in the league.
To make things even more dramatic, the 5th seed Suns and the 8th seed Kings are separated by just 1.5 games. To avoid the play-in tournament, the Suns must conclude the season within the top 6.
In Bleacher Report’s recent final standings predictions, they anticipate the Suns finishing the season at 49-33, suggesting a 16-11 performance post All-Star break.
Zach Buckley at BR wrote, “It’s tempting to predict that everything finally clicks for the Suns, if only because the high end outcomes for the Kevin Durant-Devin Booker-Bradley Beal trio are truly jaw-dropping.