Is Phil Jackson Really Done Coaching in the NBA? : May 10, 2013

Is Phil Jackson really done coaching in the NBA? It did not appear so earlier this year when it looked as if he was clearly interested in coming back to coach the Los Angeles Laker ...

NBA Head Coaching Changes: Who Will End Up Where? : April 30, 2013

Every time a sports season ends, many coaches whose teams underachieved lose their jobs. It's just part of the game. Coaches are hired to be fired in most cases. The NBA season is ...

What NBA Coaches are on the Hot Seat? : March 09, 2013

As the NBA regular season winds down, we know there will be coaching change made. There are every year. So let's take a look at ones who likely won't be back for the start of next ...

Lakers Win Third in a Row on Road Trip : February 06, 2013

No Ron Artest? No Dwight Howard? That's okay. Because the Los Angeles Lakers still had Kobe Bryant. The Lakers are making things difficult on their front office to break up this te ...

Lakers Give One Away With Fourth Quarter Collapse : January 31, 2013

When the tale of the Los Angeles Lakers 2012-13 season is finally told, it may be the game on Jan 30 at the Phoenix Suns that is the one that tells the story. The Lakers trying to ...

Clippers Lose Third Straight 93-88 to Suns : January 26, 2013

The Los Angeles Clippers are on a three game skid since star point guard Chris Paul re-aggravated his bruised right knee he sustained two weeks ago in a loss to the Orlando Magic. ...

Bulls Top Knicks For Third Time : January 12, 2013

The Chicago Bulls are 3-0 this season against the New York Knicks. On Friday, the Bulls raced out to an early 20 point lead and held that advantage until there were only three minu ...

Clippers Top Mavericks While Lakers Lose Again : January 10, 2013

This Los Angeles Clippers/Los Angeles Lakers is just good TV. You have the Lakers, who were supposed to walk away with the whole thing this year with their new superstar studded li ...

Rockets Win Fifth Straight, Hand Lakers Fourth Straight Loss : January 09, 2013

The Houston Rockets are one of the NBA's most exciting teams to watch. They are a fast paced team that likes to shoot early and often. They average over 106 points per game and giv ...

Clippers Win Again 103-77 over Suns for 13th Straight : December 24, 2012

The Los Angeles Clippers remained the NBA's hottest team with their 13th win a row, a 103-77 shellacking of the Phoenix Suns on Sunday. Blake Griffin led the Clippers with 23 point ...

Nash Makes Return to Lakers as they Beat Warriors in OT : December 24, 2012

The Los Angeles Lakers welcomed Steve Nash back to the lineup on Saturday after 24 games and got an impressive road court victory over the Golden State Warriors in overtime 118-115 ...

Clippers Run Win Streak to 11 Straight : December 21, 2012

The Los Angeles Clippers are now the best team occupying the Staples Center. The Los Angeles Lakers may turn out to be the better at the end of the day, but for right now it is mos ...

Linsanity Returns to New York; Hands Knicks First Home Loss : December 18, 2012

Jeremy Lin returned to Madison Square Garden on Monday night. This was the arena where he made name for himself last season, and parlayed that into a lot of money this season, alth ...

Heat End Mini-Skid With Win Over Hornets : December 09, 2012

Dwayne Wade led the 13-5 Miami Heat out of a two-game slide with 26 points while his teammate Lebron James added 24 points ans they beat the New Orleans Hornets 106-90 in Miami on ...

BasketBrawl in Boston; Nets Rip Celtics : November 29, 2012

The Brooklyn Nets came into Beantown and bullied the Boston Celtics with a 95-83 win in a game that was marred by a fight and three ejections on Wednesday night. Rajon Rondo went a ...

NBA Saturday: Clippers Thump Bulls : November 18, 2012

The Los Angeles Clippers continued their hot streak with a convincing 101-80 win over the Chicago Bulls on Saturday at the Staples Center. The win was the fifth straight for the Cl ...

NBA Action: Tempers Flare as Grizzlies Top Thunder : November 15, 2012

Do not sleep on the Memphis Grizzlies. They lost on opening night to the Los Angeles Clippers and have not lost since. On Wednesday they went on the road to face the defending cham ...

Magic Roars Back in Second Half to Top Phoenix 115-94 : November 05, 2012

[caption id="attachment_937" align="aligncenter" width="650"] Orlando is now 2-0 at home[/caption] If you are an NBA fan, why should you watch the NCAA Tournament? Here is one r ...

NBA Preseason Friday Night Recap : October 20, 2012

In Friday's NBA preseason action, the Orlando Magic won for the first time in the preseason with a 112-96 win over the Indiana Pacers. Glen "Big Baby" Davis led the Magic with 22 p ...

NBA Preseason Results For 10-18 : October 18, 2012

Here are results from Wednesday's NBA preseason action: The Toronto Raptors beat the Washington Wizards 104-101. the Raptors were led by Landry Fields with 15 points and Kyle Lo ...

Jazz Beat Thunder in Preseason Action : October 13, 2012

Mo Williams had a good return to Utah in his first home back with the Jazz, scoring 15 points in 23 minutes to lead the Utah Jazz over the Oklahoma City Thunder 97-81 in NBA presea ...

Timberwolves Top Pacers in Wednesday Preseason Hoops : October 12, 2012

The Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Indiana Pacers 84-70 in NBA action on Wednesday. The T-Wolves are expected to be much improved this season. They got great contributions from ne ...

Not Being a Contender has its Advantages : September 26, 2012

For the fans of team who lose their superstars to other big city teams, it is not all doom and gloom. If you are one of the people hurt by this wretched economy and have not been a ...

Jazz Finishes off Phoenix for the last playoff spot : April 25, 2012

The Utah Jazz are playoff bound. They clinched the spot on Tuesday night by beating the only team still with a chance to chase them down, the Phoenix Suns, 100-88. ”It’s goo ...

Clippers Lose a Big Game in Phoenix : April 20, 2012

The Phoenix Suns, in a fierce battle for the eighth and final Western Conference playoff spot, got a big win over a red hot L.A. Clippers team, in a heated battle for the Pacific D ...

NBA Western Conference Playoff Picture: A Look at the Matchups : April 18, 2012

Six of the Eastern Conference playoff spots have been clinched with a little over a week left in the regular season. Four teams in the Western Conference have clinched a spot. Up f ...

Magic Bounces Back with win over Phoenix 103-93 : March 23, 2012

The Orlando Magic, after two clunkers following the announcement of Dwight Howard that he will remain with the team, bounced back against the Suns on Wednesday night behind some ho ...

phoenix suns History

The NBA Phoenix Suns basketball team play in the Western Conference's Pacific Division as part of the National Basketball Association. They are based out of Phoenix, Arizona and play at US Airways Center.

In 1968 the Suns joined the NBA as one of the expansion teams with the Milwaukee Bucks. Phoenix has the fourth best NBA all-time winning percentage at 56 percent. In forty two years they have won fifty or more games nineteen times, made it into the Western Conference Finals nine times, and in 1976 as well as 1993 made it into the NBA Finals. To date the Phoenix Suns haven't won any NBA Championships.

The Suns made it to the 1976 Finals where they were defeated by the Boston Celtics led by John Havlicek and Dave Cowens. During the late 1970s to early 1980s, the Suns made the playoffs 8 years in a row. However during the middle 1980s the team was hit with a a drug scandal. In 1987 the luck for the Suns began to turn. They acquired Kevin Johnson, Mark West and Tyron Corbin. Tom Chambers was signed and the Suns also drafted Jeff Hornacek and Dan Majerle. In 1988 they made their first of 13 playoff appearances in a row.

In 1992 the Suns acquired Charles Barkley as well as Danny Ainge, Oliver Miller and Richard Dumas and were led by first year coach Paul Westphal. The Suns won 62 games and made it into the NBA Finals where they were defeated by the Chicago Bulls led by Scottie Pippen and Michael Jordan.

The Suns went 62-20 during the 2004-05 season after re-acquiring Steven Nash. Phoenix lost the Western Conference Finals to the San Antonio Spurs. In 2005-06 The Suns won the Pacific Division with a record of 54-28. Phoenix lost the Western Conference Finals to the Dallas Mavericks. The Suns once again made it into the Western Conference Finals following the 2009-10 season but lost to the Portland Trail Blazers.