Kevin Durant gets candid after the Phoenix Suns lose three in a row. For most of the season, the Valley team depended on the Slim Reaper’s presence to win games. In the last two games, even the 2x NBA Champ couldn’t save the team and now, they are one loss away from becoming an under .500 team. Ahead of the Christmas Day challenge against the Denver Nuggets, the two teams had a battle at the Ball Arena and Nikola Jokić’s men decimated the Suns.

It’s important to acknowledge that the Suns didn’t have their star guard Devin Booker by their side. But to even it out, even the Mile-High City played without their guard, Jamal Murray. Despite that, the team managed to produce a blowout 117-90 win. The Suns, indeed, looked totally uncharacteristic with the total they managed to raise.

Speaking of it, Kevin Durant said, “We’re all frustrated. Feel like we can play way better. Feel like we’ve been playing in spurts, but not consistently. Good way to end the half, horrible way to start the (2nd) half. Those are the type of things that lose games.” The Suns’ locker room isn’t the place one shouldn’t be at this point.

The Suns’ front office went the distance without worrying about their second apron tax and created a lineup that looks threatening on paper. However, it doesn’t look the same on the floor, as they head toward a disaster yet again. The team lacked on both ends of the court. Notably, the Suns didn’t have Booker (Left groin) and Grayson Allen (Concussion protocol), strangling them offensively. On the other hand, the team didn’t have enough support from the bench, as they only scored 25 points.

Moreover, Bradley Beal and Kevin Durant put up 46 points, and the rest of the starting lineup only managed 19 points. This might give a clear picture that KD barely had any offensive support.

What exactly went wrong with Kevin Durant & Co.?

To be precise, everything went wrong. First of all, the team didn’t capitalize on Jokic-less minutes on the court. The Nuggets’ offensive rating drops from 122.4 to 97.6 whenever Joker heads to the bench. It was the time when the Suns could’ve strangled the home team’s offense and improved their scoring rate.

Instead, the Suns looked clueless and operated without any direction. And like Kevin Durant said, the team had spurts of brilliance but couldn’t carry the momentum consistently. On the other hand, the Suns’ defense looked all over the place. There was a period in the game when players looked as if they stood there and watched the ball go inside the bucket.

Nevertheless, they have an opportunity to clean the mess as they take on the Nuggets once again on Wednesday. This time on their home court. Can Kevin Durant & C0? bounce back and shut down the Nuggets? Let us know in the comments below.