Suns Seven Games at a Time: 21-game review, predicting next 7

Photo by Barry Gossage/NBAE via Getty ImagesTwenty-one games complete. 51 to go. Following a 17-point win vs. the Detroit Pistons on Friday evening, Phoenix finds themselves 29.1 percent of the way through the season with at 12-9. That is good enough for 5th in the Western Conference and tied with Denver and Portland.

That puts the team on a course for a 41-32 record.

The West, as we know, is tough. The difference between the current #4 seed (Denver, 12-9) and the #11 seed (Sacramento, 10-11) is 2 games. While Phoenix is at the front of the pack, it is still a pack. Stretches of the season are of vital importance during a muted season and one span of poor play can put you in the trunk of the…