The coal in the stocking came early for Suns fans.
The holiday spirit crashed hard with another dreadful loss and another distracting Markieff Morris moment.
The Suns are not at a point where they need to make winning harder or more interesting but they took an advantageous matchup Wednesday night and wound up needing a massive rally just to lose 104-96 to Denver at Talking Stick Resort Arena.
BOX SCORE: Nuggets 104, Suns 96
The Suns fell behind by 22 points in the second quarter to a Denver Nuggets team that was playing a night after losing at home to the last-place Los Angeles Lakers and was missing five players (two starters) with no backup point guard available.