The Suns are in freefall. 

With drama surrounding the team left and right, Phoenix has been one of the worst teams in basketball since the calendar turned to February, going 4-11, which is the fourth-worst record in the league over that stretch. 

When you examine their four wins, the Suns look even less impressive. 

On Tuesday night, they outlasted the Clippers, who were playing in their seventh straight road game since the All-Star break, winning by two points. 

The Suns’ other two wins have come against the NBA’s worst. 

They beat the 17-45 Pelicans in the second-half of a back-to-back in late February, and barely beat the West-worse Jazz in overtime on their home floor. 

In Chicago, they beat the Bulls – who are one of the few teams who have been worse than the Suns as of late – by four, their only road win since January. 

Friday night, they’ll get the toughest road test of all, Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets. 

The Nuggets have been their typical dominant selves on their home floor a mile-high in Colorado, going 21-9, the fourth-best home record in the NBA. 

With the Lakers surge up the standings, the Nuggets suddenly find themselves competing for home-court advantage in the first round, something that seemed like a shoo-in a month ago.

That just might mean the Nuggets have more to play for than the Suns, who are barely even close enough to the No. 10 seed to claim they’re in the play-in race. 

I’ll lay the points with the home team. 

The play: Nuggets -7 (-110, FanDuel Sportsbook)

Dylan Svoboda is a versatile writer and analyst across many sports. He’s particularly knowledgeable about the big three — MLB, the NFL and the NBA.