{"id":99673,"date":"2024-10-07T06:35:30","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T10:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=99673"},"modified":"2026-03-10T23:38:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T03:38:17","slug":"2024-25-nba-betting-preview-phoenix-suns-win-total-odds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/10\/07\/2024-25-nba-betting-preview-phoenix-suns-win-total-odds\/","title":{"rendered":"2024-25 NBA Betting Preview: Phoenix Suns Win Total Odds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/09\/10\/nba-odds-breaking-down-the-favorites-in-the-pacific-division\/\" target=\"_self\">Phoenix Suns<\/a> took a big swing and missed. The addition of <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/bealbr01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bradley Beal<\/a> to their star duo of <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/d\/duranke01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kevin Durant<\/a> and <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/bookede01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Devin Booker<\/a> didn\u2019t work out well last season. The Suns were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs, and their organization had championship hopes. They enter this season with similarly lofty expectations, but it is unclear if they\u2019ve built the depth needed to <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/09\/19\/2024-25-nba-betting-preview-memphis-grizzlies-win-total-odds\/\" target=\"_self\">contend<\/a>. Our 2024-25 NBA season betting preview will look at the Suns over\/under win total odds and see if they are a good choice for your <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/10\/04\/2024-25-nba-betting-preview-philadelphia-76ers-win-total-odds\/\" target=\"_self\">best NBA bet today<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>2024-25 NBA Betting Preview: Phoenix Suns Win Total Odds<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>Solid Season, Bad Playoffs<\/strong><\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kevin Durant 4th Quarter Highlights vs Kings<\/p>\n<p>Led 32-8 RUN along w\/ EG&amp;Grayson<\/p>\n<p>Elite Defense <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6PulC4Of25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/6PulC4Of25<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \ud835\udc07\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc1d \u2730 (@Hatedzs) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Hatedzs\/status\/1747484742008672623?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 17, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Suns won 49 games last season in a competitive Western Conference. That is no easy feat. They did however go under their projected over\/under win total of 51.5 and lost in the first round of the playoffs. They were swept by the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/10\/01\/2024-25-nba-betting-preview-timberwolves-win-total-odds\/\" target=\"_self\">Minnesota Timberwolves<\/a>. The presumed big three of Beal, Booker, and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/09\/02\/top-5-nba-power-forwards-heading-into-the-2024-25-season\/\" target=\"_self\">Durant<\/a> showed flashes of offensive brilliance, but they were unable to play enough games together to build the chemistry needed for a deep playoff run.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The biggest issue with the Suns last season was with their depth. Trading for Durant and Beal gutted the Suns of not only draft picks, but roster depth. Their fourth leading scorer was <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/a\/allengr01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Grayson Allen<\/a>, who averaged 13.5 points per game. Beal only played 53 games last season, and players like Allen were forced to step up.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Durant and Booker had great seasons, as usual. Durant was named Second Team All-NBA, and Booker was named to the All-NBA Third Team. However, not having a traditional point guard to organize the offense kept the Suns stagnant at times.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Suns head coach Mike Budenholzer announced their starting lineup for next season:<\/p>\n<p>Tyus Jones<br \/>Devin Booker<br \/>Bradley Beal<br \/>Kevin Durant<br \/>Jusuf Nurkic<\/p>\n<p>The four-man lineup of Booker, Beal, Durant, and Nurkic outscored opponents by 9.4 points per 100 possessions last season. <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uTuFVidAxq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/uTuFVidAxq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Evan Sidery (@esidery) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/esidery\/status\/1839735642336477352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 27, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Organizing the Offense, Improving Defense<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Suns roster needed a point guard. Having three elite scorers without a point guard to distribute the ball to them didn\u2019t pan out. So, this offseason, they picked up two ball handlers, <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/j\/jonesty01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tyus Jones<\/a> and <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/morrimo01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Monte Morris<\/a>. Jones averaged 7.3 assists last season for the Wizards and will take the starting point guard role in Phoenix.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With a more structured offensive hierarchy, the stars could be all the Suns need to improve next season. However, scoring wasn\u2019t the biggest issue with the Suns last season. The Suns ranked 13th in defensive rating last season. The Suns have brought in coach <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/coaches\/budenmi99c.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mike Budenholzer<\/a> to help improve their defensive deficiencies. Budenholzer helped craft elite defenses in Milwaukee and has NBA championship experience.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Suns Win Total Odds<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite their offseason pickups and adjustments, the Suns win total is set at 47.5 for next season. They\u2019ve gone under their projected win total for the last two seasons. The Suns hadn\u2019t been projected for under 50 wins in each of the last three seasons.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Suns should \u00a0have improved point guard play as well as a new coaching staff. If Budenholzer can improve the Suns defense, with Booker and Durant leading the offense, going over 47.5 wins should be easy. That being said, Durant is getting up there in age, and the Suns depth will continue to be a weakness. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Phoenix Suns took a big swing and missed. The addition of Bradley Beal to their star duo of Kevin Durant and Devin Booker didn\u2019t work out well last season. The Suns were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs, and their organization had championship hopes. They enter this season with similarly lofty expectations, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5284,"featured_media":99756,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28,1608,49087,62,1248],"tags":[1946,1698,311,352,487,69,550,3723],"class_list":["post-99673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-suns","category-basketball","category-basketball-betting","category-nba","category-nba-season-previews","tag-all-nba","tag-betting","tag-bradley-beal","tag-devin-booker","tag-grayson-allen","tag-kevin-durant","tag-mike-budenholzer","tag-nba-betting"],"modified_by":"Michael Kovacs, ADMIN","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5284"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99673"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99673\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":181002,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99673\/revisions\/181002"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}