Phoenix continues to bend its line and confidently occupies the second line in the West. Moreover, Williams’ wards are gradually closing the gap with Utah. It is not excluded that the Suns will make an attempt to displace the jazzmen from the first line of the West and take their place. In the last two matches, Chris Paul and company left no chances for Washington (134-106) and Houston (126-120). Thus, Phoenix managed to improve their situation after an unpleasant away defeat to the Clippers (103-113).
Thunder still lacks stability, which does not allow the team to jump into the playoff zone, but the whole struggle is still ahead. Now the team is openly failing and cannot win for a long time. This is due to injuries to important players and the loss of optimal play patterns. So they lost in past home games to Cleveland and Philadelphia, showing frankly weak basketball, especially in defense.
