After chilling on the home loss, the Suns just needed the game more and you seen why. They milked favorable matchups and abused Niang. I said day one of signing the guy is nowhere near Kevin Love's corpse, he'll be much worse in the playoffs and quite frankly get run off the floor. Don't get me wrong, you NEED vets like Niang during 82 games, just don't need to play him after if you plan on winning playoff games. His quick -7 in a 3 minute spurt could be a huge reason why.
Back to the Suns, they played as if it was a playoff game because they need to. Currently holding the 6th spot and avoiding the play in, getting healthy again and every game matters in that wild wild west bracket.