Holden Sherman is a Senior Staff Writer for Bright Side of the Sun and is a credentialed member of the Phoenix media since 2023, covering Suns games on the East Coast.
With a heavy schedule against the Western Conference to start the month, the outcome of Phoenix Suns games is felt by their opponents and the rest of the teams fighting for playoff and play-in positioning.
Currently, the West playoff race is split into four groups. The first is the Oklahoma City Thunder, who are 12 games ahead of the two-seeded Los Angeles Lakers for first in the Conference; they’re likely to run away with the first seed and potentially have the best overall record in the NBA, depending on how the Cleveland Cavaliers perform the rest of the way.