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 Review 98-99<br />
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Review98-99<br />
Review98-99<br />
Season<br />
RECORD<br />
A season that began late and was shortened due to labor strife finished<br />
with the <strong>Suns</strong> earning an <strong>11</strong>th-straight berth in the <strong>NBA</strong> Playoffs. The <strong>NBA</strong> 27-23<br />
suffered through a lockout from June 30 through January 21, and as a<br />
result the season was reduced to 50 regular season games. After the lockout, the club<br />
added All-Star Tom Gugliotta and three-time <strong>NBA</strong> titlist Luc Longley while re-signing free<br />
agents Rex Chapman, Clifford Robinson and George McCloud.<br />
The top individual performance was turned in by Jason Kidd, who gained All-<strong>NBA</strong> First<br />
Team and All-Defensive First Team honors at season’s end. He became the first <strong>Suns</strong> player<br />
to lead the league in assists (10.8 apg) and also topped all <strong>NBA</strong> guards with 6.8 rebounds.<br />
Kidd posted seven triple-doubles, with the rest of the <strong>NBA</strong> combining for <strong>11</strong>.<br />
For the second-straight season, the <strong>Suns</strong> led the league in assists with 25.0 per game,<br />
backed by Kidd’s league-best average. <strong>Phoenix</strong> also placed second with a .372 three-point<br />
field goal percentage, as Robinson finished eighth with a career-best .417 and McCloud was<br />
ninth at .416.<br />
A playoff berth was in jeopardy as <strong>Phoenix</strong> owned a 15-18 mark in early April. However,<br />
the <strong>Suns</strong> won their final eight home games and finished the season with a 12-5 mark to tie<br />
for third in the Pacific Division. The eight-straight home wins were the most since 1994-95<br />
when the team won its first 13 home games of the season.<br />
<strong>Phoenix</strong> faced Pacific Division champion Portland in the opening round of the playoffs<br />
and dropped the series, 3-0, as all three games were decided late in the fourth quarter.<br />
Head Coach Danny Ainge became the second fastest <strong>Suns</strong> coach to reach 100 wins, as<br />
the team won at Denver on February 15 to give Ainge his 100th win in 162 games.<br />
FRONT ROW: Assistant Coach Roger Reid, Assistant Coach Scott Skiles, Rex Chapman, Jason Kidd, Gerald Brown,<br />
Marko Milic, Head Coach Danny Ainge, Assistant Coach Frank Johnson, Trainer Joe Proski.<br />
BACK ROW: Toby Bailey, Chris Morris, Tom Gugliotta, Danny Manning, Luc Longley, Joe Kleine, Clifford Robinson,<br />
Pat Garrity, George McCloud.
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