The Phoenix Suns’ defense MUST improve for them to win

The Phoenix Suns are 1-1 after two games. But their defense looked absolutely awful against the first good team they played.

I know I said that the Phoenix Suns can win by scoring. I believe I said “they only have to score one more point than their opponent.” But if they aren’t going to play any defense, then they are going to struggle to win on those nights that they aren’t shooting 55.3% from beyond the arc on 34+ attempts – which is going to probably be every game the rest of the season.

Only once in the franchise’s history have the Phoenix Suns been known as a defense team – for two seasons in the late 90’s under head coach Scott Skiles (although the entire league was down so even the…