I still don’t believe the Suns can win a championship this season. After all, NBA history suggests you need a top-3 seed to have a real chance, something Phoenix won’t have.
However, over the last month, the Suns have shown something that many great teams have: resiliency.
Starting when they went into Denver and beat the Nuggets after dropping two straight at home, from a game-to-game basis, they’ve found ways to prevent the previous game’s results from influencing the next game’s results.
Winning three straight games after losing to a Giannis Antetokounmpo-less Milwaukee Bucks team, beating Denver again after losing to the Victor Wembanyama-less San Antonio Spurs, and dominating the New Orleans Pelicans and Cleveland Cavaliers after getting pounced by the Oklahoma City Thunder are other examples of the team’s game-to-game mental toughness.