Phoenix Suns Tickets

The fact basketball has thrived in Phoenix Suns is more than many would have predicted when Richard Bloch, the driving force behind the team's original ownership group, lobbied for an NBA expansion team.
It turns out the league made a wise move in granting one. The team has grown with its city over the last three decades and has built a strong fan base along the way, despite not having delivered an NBA championship. Some tremendous players have worn Phoenix Suns jerseys-among them Connie Hawkins, Paul Westphal, Walter Davis, Tom Chambers, Kevin Johnson, Charles Barkley and Jason Kidd-and owner/CEO Jerry Colangelo has been a front-office staple from the start. However, big trades and player turnover have been a hallmark of the franchise, so it has been hard to predict where and when the next star will turn up. The Phoenix Suns tickets have made two trips to the Finals. Their 1976 loss to Boston was expected, and the series produced a triple-overtime classic that many consider the best game in league history. The Phoenix Suns' 1993 Finals loss to Chicago was harder to take, since Phoenix Suns Tickets owned the NBA's best record that season.

1968-69 With 28-year-old Jerry Colangelo the GM and Johnny "Red" Kerr manning the bench, the Phoenix Suns Tickets debut. Expansion draftee Dick Van Arsdale becomes "the original Sun."
1969-70 The Phoenix Suns add Connie Hawkins and Paul Silas and, in just their second year, push the Lakers to seven games in a playoff series.
1970-71 Cotton Fitzsimmons starts the first of his three Phoenix Suns coaching stints.
1973-74 John MacLeod is Phoenix Sun's last head coaching hire for 13-plus years.
1975-76 Paul Westphal and Rookie of the Year Alvan Adams lead a "Sunderella" team to the Finals. Boston's three-overtime win in Game 5 is still considered by some the greatest game ever played.
1977-78 Walter Davis wins Rookie of the Year and joins Westphal in the All-Star Game.
1980-81 Phoenix Suns Tickets claims its first division title but again comes up short in the playoffs.
1987-88 Colangelo takes over controlling interest in the team. Several trades ensue, including one that brings Kevin Johnson to Phoenix Suns.
1988-89 K.J. and Tom Chambers lead a dramatic turnaround in which the Phoenix Suns Tickets reach the Western Conference finals for the first of two straight years.
1992-93 The addition of Charles Barkley lifts the Phoenix Suns Tickets to a 62-win season and trip to the Finals, where the Bulls prevail in six games.
1996-97 Barkley is traded and Jason Kidd arrives. The Phoenix Suns start 0-13 but win 11 straight late in the year.
1998-99 Kidd leads the NBA in assists and triple-doubles.
2000-01 The Phoenix Suns Tickets make the playoffs for the 13th straight time.
2003-04 Amare Stoudemire's run of 11 straight games with 20 or more points highlights an otherwise frustrating season.