Even without Deandre Ayton, T.J. Warren, and Richaun Holmes available due to lower extremity injuries, the Phoenix Suns actually kept this one close versus the Portland Trail Blazers. The thing is, with one of the most inexperienced rotations league-wide, there will be plenty of head scratching moments to comb through usually.
Case in point, this sequence in the first half involving De’Anthony Melton and Quincy Acy. First, Jamal Crawford got Acy a nice open look at the basket off a pick-and-roll but he doesn’t even look at the rim before passing it out to Melton.