What If? The 2006-2007 Suns Revisited
By Kory Miller
2006-2007 did not start out kindly for Phoenix. The Suns stumbled out of the gates to a 1-5 record including an opening night loss to the hated Los Angeles Lakers. In 4 of the 5 losses, Phoenix gave up over 110 points.
Fortunately, the Suns turned it around from there. Phoenix went on a 15 game winning streak from Nov. 20th thru Dec 19th and a franchise record 17 game winning streak from Dec 29th thru Jan 28th. At that date in the season the Suns were 36-8, an astounding 35-3 run from the first 6 games of the season. Phoenix was running over the league and had only been held under 100 points seven times in those 43 games.
The Suns cooled off a bit in February, finishing the month 8-5, as Nash missed sometime with a shoulder injury. By the break Phoenix had three players chosen for the NBA All-Star game: Nash (who withdrew because of his injury), Stoudemire and Marion.
Post break the Suns finished the season on a 17-7 run to end the regular season with a 61-21 record, the second best regular season record in franchise history, cruising to their third straight division title.