For a team built on depth and chemistry, the Phoenix Suns have learned a hard truth over the past month: identity isn’t optional, it’s everything. No player has embodied that more this season for Phoenix than Dillon Brooks.

The Phoenix Suns continue to have multiple key players on their injury report against the Denver Nuggets.

The team was the Phoenix Suns — more specifically, three of their players: James Edwards, Jay Humphries and Grant Gondrezick. Two former Suns were also caught up in the case. The Suns, at the time, were being hit from every direction.

The Phoenix Suns begin a four-game homestand March 21 with a 108-105 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks at Mortgage Matchup Center.

The Phoenix Suns finally got back in the win column.

The Phoenix Suns are in the thick of the playoff race. They are teetering on that “play-in” line, with each win pulling them a bit closer to the top-6, but each loss tugging them back in the other direction.

Once neck-and-neck for a playoff seed, the Denver Nuggets and host Phoenix Suns will be on different sides of the play-in divide when they meet Tuesday.