The Cleveland Cavaliers travel to Arizona to face the Phoenix Suns at Footprint Center on Saturday.

The Cavaliers (3-3) find themselves in the midst of a tough West Coast road trip, and results have been good thus far. They actually grabbed road wins over the Los Angeles Clippers and Denver Nuggets in their previous two games before a loss to the Lakers on Friday. They actually started off with a home win against the Atlanta Hawks before that, giving them three wins in their last four games. That's an impressive four-gamestretch, and it has fans wondering if this team is legitimate. What's been an enormous boost is their veteran bench. Ricky Rubio and Kevin Love have taken diminished roles off of the bench, but it's made this team so much better. Getting production from those former studs is good enough, but it also gives these youngsters ahead of them even more confidence going forward.

The Suns (1-3) were the surprise of the NBA when they reached the NBA Finals last year, but early-season results are not encouraging. They've come out and lost three of their first four games, getting blown out in two of them. It's not like the one win is anything to write home about either, grabbing a narrow victory over a struggling Los Angeles Lakers team. Many people expected negative regression from this club, but a start like this could have never been anticipated. Many people point to the Deandre Ayton contract negotiation, but a 20-20 game in the most recent loss indicates that he's not letting up. They also refused to make many moves in the offseason, and that's looking like another poor decision by management.

Phoenix swept the two-game season series over Cleveland last year, giving them three straight wins in this series. That followed up an eight-game winning streak by the Cavs before that.