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The Suns began playing in the NBA as an expansion team in the 1968–69 NBA season. In their inaugural season, the Suns posted a win–loss record of 16–66. [1] They participated in the playoffs only once in their first seven seasons. [2]
In the 79th game of the season, the Suns set a new franchise record for wins with a 121–110 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers to tally their 63rd win on April 5, eliminating the Lakers from playoff contention in the process. [93] The Suns finished the regular season with a record of 64–18 with Devin Booker finishing 4th in MVP voting. [94]
Monty Williams — 2022. NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award. Shaquille O'Neal — 2009. NBA All-Star Weekend Three-Point Shootout. Quentin Richardson — 2005. Devin Booker — 2018. NBA All-Star Weekend Skills Challenge. Steve Nash — 2005, 2010. NBA All-Star Weekend Slam Dunk Contest.
The Phoenix Suns franchise has had 20 head coaches. John MacLeod is the franchise's all-time leader in coaching years and games won, winning the most regular-season and playoff games. [ 4] Cotton Fitzsimmons, Mike D'Antoni and Monty Williams are the only coaches to have won the NBA Coach of the Year Award with the Suns.
The Phoenix Suns bounced back from Thursday’s road defeat to the Los Angeles Lakers with a convincing 126-104 victory over the Utah Jazz before a sellout crowd of 17,071 at Footprint Center.
On March 24, with a win over the Denver Nuggets, the Phoenix Suns clinched the #1 spot in the Western Conference and the league for the first time since 2005. [4] With the Suns 63rd win over the Los Angeles Lakers on April 5 (which, coincidentally, also eliminated the Lakers from playoff/play-in contention), the Suns set a franchise record for ...
Ryan McDonough, Suns GM On January 2, 2016, Booker scored a then season-high 21 points in a 142–119 loss to the Sacramento Kings. On January 19, he scored 32 points in a 97–94 loss to the Indiana Pacers, setting a Suns' rookie record with six three-pointers. Booker became the third-youngest player in NBA history at 19 years, 81 days old to record a 30-point game, behind LeBron James and ...
The Phoenix Suns thought they had built a formidable superteam during the offseason by adding three-time All-Star Bradley Beal to form a star-studded trio with Kevin Durant and Devin Booker. The ...