At the height of this early season, the Phoenix Suns offense was running like a juggernaut with a fairly good defense helping them to the league’s 4th best net rating.
But since Ricky Rubio’s back spasmed and Aron Baynes’ hip flexored, it’s the Suns offense that cratered more than the defense, which has stayed in the middle of the pack.
When the Suns were 7-4 and the nation began to take notice, their offense ranked 4th in the league in terms of points per 100 possessions (pace-adjusted) with No. 1 rankings in four major categories: assist percentage, assist-to-turnover ratio, effective field goal percent percentage and true shooting percentage.