Despite grappling with injuries to star backcourt tandem Devin Booker and Jalen Green, the Phoenix Suns are still one of the top teams in the NBA's latest power rankings.
Phoenix is 3-4 in its last seven games yet still holds on to a top six seed in the Western Conference with a 27-19 record.
NBA.com writer John Schuhmann released the Week 15 edition of his weekly NBA power rankings and had the Suns as the No. 6 team in the league, dropping one spot from fifth last week.
Booker suffered an ankle sprain in Phoenix's road loss against the Atlanta Hawks and will be re-evaluated next week. Green is also questionable moving forward due to right hamstring injury management.
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Schuhmann's Suns rationale
""The Suns are hanging on to a top-six spot in the West, but they’ve lost two straight games and have lost Devin Booker for at least a week," Schuhmann wrote.
Phoenix has a four-game home stand this week, hosting the Brooklyn Nets, Detroit Pistons, Cleveland Cavaliers and Los Angeles Clippers.
Schuhmann added, "The Suns have still played the league’s second-most road-heavy schedule, but their loss to Miami on Sunday began a stretch (spanning the All-Star break) where they’re playing 16 of 19 games at home. Thursday brings an opportunity to avenge a three-point loss to the Pistons from two weeks earlier."
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