The Phoenix Suns' last three playoff runs have ended on their home floor, and if there is anything for them to fight for in Monday's potential elimination game against the Oklahoma City Thunder, it is the DESPERATE desire to exorcise the demons that have haunted this franchise in the postseason. The 2024 sweep at the hands of the Minnesota Timberwolves was not as much an embarrassing game as it was an embarrassing series result, while the surreal nature of the endings to the previous two years certainly reached those heights and do not require further explanation. The Suns have become the POSTER CHILD for playoff disappointment, a team that consistently finds new and creative ways to break the hearts of their fans when the games matter most. Thanks to the dynamics of this series, taking on the title favorite while the team has been shorthanded and reeling since February, it is not going to reach those levels of embarrassment regardless. But the lingering ghosts of playoffs past still haunt the building, and the question of whether this team can finally break through when the stakes are highest is one that has haunted the franchise for years. The biggest CONCERN heading into Game 4 is the health of Devin Booker, who has not been right the last few weeks. He has been selectively showing full burst on his drives, and this was even before tweaking something around his left foot in Saturday's Game 3 loss. This recasts a MURKY fog over an already uncertain situation, and it raises the specter of yet another playoff run derailed by injury. Booker's playoff history is littered with injuries that were never listed on an injury report but that clearly affected his performance. In the 2021 NBA Finals, it was later revealed that Booker strained his hamstring in Game 3 and valiantly played through it for back-to-back 40-point games before the wear-down caught up to him in Game 6. There was nothing that popped up in 2022 when he suffered a hamstring strain in Game 2 against the Pelicans and missed three games. In 2023, he played through a groin issue that limited his effectiveness. And now, in 2026, another injury threatens to undermine what was already a difficult series against the defending champions. The Suns' situation is BLEAK. They are down 3-0 to a Thunder team that has been utterly DOMINANT, and they are facing the very real possibility of being swept on their home floor for the second time in three years. The fans who pack Footprint Center on Monday night will be hoping for a miracle, but the evidence of the first three games suggests that a miracle is exactly what it will take. But sports have a way of defying expectations, and the Suns have shown RESILIENCE in the past. Whether they can find one more stand in them remains to be seen, but one thing is certain: the ghosts of playoffs past will be in the building, and the only way to silence them is with a performance that proves this team is not defined by its failures.