Tankers will rejoice that the Suns are now three full games ahead of the Bulls in the tank race, leaving the Suns in pole position for a bottom-three record and the highest chance to draft Zion Williamson in June (14%). The Bulls will likely only have a 12.5% chance. Those fools.
Personally, I’d have preferred a win, but here we are.
The Suns players didn’t want to tank at all, but they were down the wrong players and lost their entire newly-formed but not solidified, identity. Kelly Oubre Jr. and Tyler Johnson, the architects of recent good play, were both out along with Richaun Holmes and, of course, T.