{"id":590431,"date":"2026-02-08T12:15:42","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T12:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/590431\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T12:15:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T12:15:42","slug":"suns-head-coach-jordan-ott-reflects-on-late-run-and-poor-shooting-in-109-103-loss-to-76ers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/590431\/","title":{"rendered":"Suns head coach Jordan Ott reflects on late run and poor shooting in 109-103 loss to 76ers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PHOENIX \u2013 The Phoenix Suns fall to 1-3 in last four games, including their latest loss to the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday night. Phoenix shot 39.8% from the field, the fifth-worst shooting on the season. The Suns faced a 19-point deficit midway through the third quarter and looked primed to be blown out on their home floor.<\/p>\n<p>However, a late run saw Dillon Brooks and Devin Booker chop the Sixers lead to four with under a minute to go. Despite losing 109-103, head coach Jordan Ott was proud of his team\u2019s effort and isn\u2019t worried about the shooting.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"222\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0e6b7862f9e3fdd7f093876bf0e76b4e.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Feb 5, 2026; Phoenix, Arizona, USA; Phoenix Suns head coach Jordan Ott reacts against the Golden State Warriors in the second half at Mortgage Matchup Center. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Ott speaks postgame about loss:<\/p>\n<p>Ott stated that the players had stellar looks, 97th percentile of open three-point attempt. Collin Gillespie made a three-pointer to start the game, but Phoenix would miss 18 straight for the next 20 in-game minutes. It was a miracle the lead never exploded past 20 with how poor the shooting was on the floor.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"216\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/e467e96c0d15732cdf9b0a0e5d70696c.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Suns head coach Jordan Ott high-fives guard Jordan Goodwin (23) during a game at Mortgage Matchup Center in Phoenix, on Feb. 5, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The Suns defense was impressive to hold off the 76ers from truly breaking away from the game, and Ott appreciated the team\u2019s resilience. The 40-year-old didn\u2019t see his players quit, and while he acknowledges the absence of Grayson Allen didn\u2019t help, he and Phoenix didn\u2019t make any excuses.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The franchise has two games left before the All-Star break, and Ott is ready to end the first half of the season on a strong note. The return of Devin Booker and Jalen Green before the break meant so much to him and wants to reward them with a winning the final two games.<\/p>\n<p>Get the BEST Phoenix sports insider information, and exclusive content. SIGN UP HERE to unlock our premium content!*Reporter Tanner Tortorella covers general assignment for Burn City Sports. You can follow him on his X account, @TannerTSports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHOENIX \u2013 The Phoenix Suns fall to 1-3 in last four games, including their latest loss to the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":590432,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3791],"tags":[382,7,4216,2292,1195,164,7781,861,397,3991,56639,6,207,2065,472,4045,604,6445,3209],"class_list":{"0":"post-590431","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-phoenix-suns","8":"tag-arizona","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-collin-gillespie","11":"tag-devin-booker","12":"tag-dillon-brooks","13":"tag-golden-state-warriors","14":"tag-grayson-allen","15":"tag-jalen-green","16":"tag-jordan-goodwin","17":"tag-jordan-ott","18":"tag-mortgage-matchup-center","19":"tag-nba","20":"tag-philadelphia-76ers","21":"tag-phoenix","22":"tag-phoenix-suns","23":"tag-phoenixsuns","24":"tag-suns","25":"tag-the-suns","26":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116034963519103149","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=590431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590431\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/590432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=590431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=590431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=590431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}