For the first three minutes of Wednesday’s game, it seemed like this would be a perfect opportunity for Phoenix to steal a win at home. The Trail Blazers, who didn’t have C.J. McCollum due to a one-game suspension, started down 9-2 after Josh Jackson’s thunderous transition dunk.
From there, though, Portland outscored the Suns 122-67 en route to their worst loss in franchise history. In any NBA season opener, this broke the record as the largest defeat, too.
The overall performance of the Suns after the first 12 minutes was apparent.