Each week during the 2020-21 NBA season, we will take a deeper dive into three of the league’s biggest storylines in an attempt to determine whether the trends are based more in fact or fiction moving forward.
[Last week: Hall of Famer LaMarcus Aldridge, Rookie of the Year LaMelo Ball and Luke Walton's future]
The Suns submitted their second-worst offensive outing of the season in a loss to the Boston Celtics on Thursday, five days after their worst. They bookended a brutal stretch of four games in six nights that included an overtime win over the Milwaukee Bucks and a last-minute win over the Philadelphia 76ers.