Phoenix Suns 2010-11 Media Guide - NBA Media Central
Phoenix Suns 2010-11 Media Guide - NBA Media Central
Phoenix Suns 2010-11 Media Guide - NBA Media Central
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Season<br />
RECORD<br />
The <strong>Suns</strong> had high expectations going into their 25th Anniversary<br />
season in the new America West Arena. Bolstered by a June 17, 1992, 62-20<br />
trade for Charles Barkley which sent Jeff Hornacek, Andrew Lang and<br />
Tim Perry to Philadelphia, <strong>Phoenix</strong> led the <strong>NBA</strong> with a franchise-record 62 wins. <strong>Phoenix</strong><br />
also acquired veteran guard Danny Ainge and elevated Paul Westphal to head coach.<br />
Westphal became the winningest rookie coach in <strong>NBA</strong> history and Barkley went on to<br />
become the first <strong>Phoenix</strong> player to be named <strong>NBA</strong> MVP.<br />
The <strong>Suns</strong> began the season without Kevin Johnson, who missed 31 games due to injury.<br />
However, the <strong>Suns</strong> had a perfect December as <strong>Phoenix</strong> tied the <strong>NBA</strong>’s third-best mark for a<br />
month with a 14-0 record.<br />
At the All-Star Game, <strong>Phoenix</strong> was represented by the West’s leading vote-getter Barkley<br />
and reserve Dan Majerle, as well as Westphal and his staff who led the West to victory.<br />
Barkley averaged 25.6 points and 12.2 rebounds and led the <strong>Suns</strong> to their second Pacific<br />
Division title. The club led the <strong>NBA</strong> in scoring (<strong>11</strong>3.4), broke the <strong>NBA</strong> record for threepointers<br />
made (398) and set a franchise home attendance record (779,943). Jerry<br />
Colangelo was named <strong>NBA</strong> Executive of the Year for an unprecedented fourth time.<br />
Down 0-2 against the L.A. Lakers in the first round of the playoffs, the <strong>Suns</strong> became the<br />
first team in history to come back and win 3-2. The <strong>Suns</strong> downed Seattle in seven games to<br />
earn a trip to the <strong>NBA</strong> Finals against Chicago. <strong>Phoenix</strong> lost the first two games at home, but<br />
won two of the next three in Chicago, including Game 3, a triple-overtime affair that saw<br />
Majerle tie an <strong>NBA</strong> Finals record with six three-pointers and KJ set an <strong>NBA</strong> Finals record with<br />
62 total minutes played. But the <strong>Suns</strong> came up short as John Paxson buried a three-pointer<br />
with 3.9 seconds remaining in Game 6 in <strong>Phoenix</strong> to give the Bulls a 4-2 series win and<br />
their third-straight <strong>NBA</strong> Championship.<br />
FRONT ROW: Assistant Coach Scotty Robertson, Assistant Coach Lionel Hollins, Head Coach Paul Westphal,<br />
Negele Knight, Frank Johnson, Charles Barkley, Danny Ainge, Kevin Johnson, President/CEO Jerry Colangelo,<br />
Senior Executive VP Cotton Fitzsimmons, Video Coach Garrick Barr, Trainer Joe Proski.<br />
BACK ROW: Strength Coach Robin Pound, Cedric Ceballos, Tim Kempton, Jerrod Mustaf, Tom Chambers, Mark West,<br />
Oliver Miller, Richard Dumas, Dan Majerle, Assistant Trainer Matt Anderson.
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