Coach Byron Scott perfectly analyzes his Cavaliers’ performance against the Suns

Sometimes, it's hard to know just what to say about a team that's clearly in the midst of an epic struggle. After watching the Cleveland Cavaliers drop a 91-78 decision to the Phoenix Suns on Monday — the Cavs' fourth straight loss, their fourth in five games since losing star point guard Kyrie Irving to a fractured left index finger and their 10th defeat in their last 11 outings — you'd be forgiven if you found yourself at a loss for (printable) words.

All Cavaliers not named Anderson Varejao (20 points, 18 rebounds, three assists, 10-for-15 shooting, active defense, continuing to perform as perhaps the best big man in the game right now) combined to shoot 20-for-69 (29 percent), turn the ball over 16 times and miss 13 of 15 3-point attempts. Cleveland's famously heinous bench got run off the floor by Phoenix's Luis Scola/Jermaine O'Neal/Jared Dudley-led second unit. The Cavs repeatedly seemed at a loss in its efforts to solve a defense that, after Tuesday's strong statistical performance, still ranks as the league's fifth-worst in points allowed per 100 possessions, according to NBA.com's stat tool. The whole mess led to the Cavs falling into a tie with the Toronto Raptors for the league's second-worst record at 3-12. (Thanks for keeping that basement occupied, Washington Wizards.) I mean, what do you say about that?

We turn — as we always do when in need of guidance — to the opening of Cleveland coach Byron Scott's postgame remarks, as captured by Jodie Valade of the Cleveland Plain-Dealer:

The Cavaliers were so out of sync and the game so out of reach from the beginning that coach Byron Scott issued a stinging assessment afterward.

"Andy Varejao was fantastic," Scott said. "Everybody else sucked tonight."

Yep. That about sums it up. Get well soon, Kyrie. Stay up, Andy. Catch up, everybody else.