“It's just unacceptable”: Head coach Frank Vogel admits Phoenix Suns shortcomings in surprising defeat to San Antonio Spurs

The Phoenix Suns head coach Frank Vogel has termed his team’s recent defeat against the San Antonio Spurs as ‘unacceptable’.

The Suns suffered a surprising defeat against the team placed on the bottom of the table in the Western Conference with a score of 104-102 at the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio on Monday.

After the match, Vogel talked to the media and stated that the result was ‘unacceptable’ and admitted that his players did not play with ‘focus’ on the night.

"It's just unacceptable to lose that game," he said. "For our guys, we all said the right things. We all did the right preparation. But we didn't play with the necessary focus in this position throughout, I would say, the first half."

Suns guard Bradley Beal, talking to the media after the game, admitted that his team did not respond to the aggressive intent of the Spurs on the night.

"It's disappointment," said Beal. "We came in here and laid an egg. We thought it was going to be easy with no Wemby. Just got our ass kicked. They came out aggressive, just like Coach told us they would, and we didn't respond. Well, we did, but we didn't withstand their punches."

With that defeat, the Suns are now pushed down to the eighth spot in the Western Conference table with 42 wins and 30 defeats and as things stand, they don’t have their destiny in their own hands if they want to finish in the top-six.