The Suns, who regrettably missed the first title in team history last season, have continued to maintain strong competitiveness this season, as of now, they temporarily topped the Western Conference with a record of 57 wins and 14 losses, 9 wins more than the second-place Grizzlies, and with the last 11 games left in the regular season, the Suns have basically locked in the first place in the West in advance. The horror of the Suns this season is that even without Paul (the thumb injury is likely to be reimbursed in the regular season), and even if the previous games were missing Booker (because of the trigger health and safety agreement to isolate a few games), they can still maintain the current top position in the West without a leader, which is really valuable.
Recently, the US media released a statistic, the Suns in the first three quarters of the first three quarters of the situation, the record came to a terrible 44 wins and losses, ranking first in the league, and the league before this, in the first three quarters of the lead has never lost the Lakers in the 19-20 season, when they achieved a 57-win record, and finally successfully won the season's championship trophy. This time the sun has created such a miracle again, and it is inevitable that people will begin to look forward to whether the sun can break into the finals again this year to make up for last year's regrets?
After the baptism of last season's finals, this year's Suns these players have played more mature than before, Paul continues to strategize, before his injury, Paul played a total of 58 games for the Suns, averaging 14.9 points, 4.5 rebounds, 10.7 assists and 1.9 steals per game, his calm in the organization of the tandem, but also let the Suns these role players continue to maintain the excellent state of last season. This season, the Suns have scored as many as seven players in double figures (Booker, Ayton, Paul, Bridges, Cameron Johnson, Cameron Payne, Kaminsky), and both of them, including McGee and Crowder, have averaged more than 9 points per game.
The suns can rely on the strength of the team to try to make up for the loopholes in the absence of the main force, from October 31 to December 3 last year, the Suns once achieved a wave of 18 consecutive wins during this period, and from January 12 to February 25, the Suns have a wave of 19 wins and 1 loss, "more than less" also allowed the Suns in the middle of the season, officially surpassed the Warriors, topping the Western Conference table, while also proud of the other 29 teams in the league.
In the case of a high probability of locking the top of the Western Conference, the Sun in the last 11 games, in fact, can also be "let go" to a certain extent, more to train role players, after all, their goal is still in the playoffs, if Booker, Ayton these main players unfortunately in the final stage of the regular season suffered from injuries, it is indeed some of the gains and losses. And Paul, who has been injured for 1 month, will definitely usher in a comeback in the playoffs, and the wall view of this time also allows him to start accumulating in advance for the upcoming playoffs, and the sun may really be "blessed by misfortune" and harvest a bloody Paul in the playoffs.
As long as Paul can continue to maintain the stable state of last season's playoffs, the Suns are not without a chance to knock on the Finals stage again this season, and in the case of targeted reinforcement in the interior position, as long as all the staff can stay healthy, Paul's championship dream has a definite chance of being realized this year.