The 2021-22 Phoenix Suns are still writing their story, but with playoffs around the corner, they’ve already etched their names into the franchise’s history books.
On March 30th, the Suns beat the Warriors on the road to not only extend their latest winning streak to 9 games, but to tie the 1992-93 and 2004-05 Suns with 62 regular season wins.
In the spirit of appreciating greatness and this year’s Suns standing at the doorstep of a franchise record 63 victories, let’s compare all three historic seasons.
STARS
’21-’22:
Devin Booker – 26.4 ppg, 5 rpg, 4.9 apg, 1.2 spg
Chris Paul – 15 ppg, 10.7 apg, 4.4 rpg, 1.8 spg
Deandre Ayton – 17.2 ppg, 10.1 rpg, 63.8% FG
’04-’05:
Steve Nash – 15.5 ppg, 11.5 apg, 50% FG, 43% 3FG,
Amar’e Stoudemire – 26 ppg, 8.9 rpg, 1.6 bpg
Shawn Marion – 19.4 ppg, 11 rpg, 2 spg, 1.5 bpg
’92-’93:
Charles Barkley – 25.6 ppg, 12.2 rpg, 5.1 apg, 1.6 spg, 1 bpg
Dan Majerle – 16.9 ppg, 4.7 rpg, 3.8 apg, 1.7 spg, 38% 3FG
Kevin Johnson – 16.1 ppg, 7.8 apg, 1.7 spg
DEPTH
’21-’22:
Mikal Bridges – 14.3 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 1.2 spg, 53% FG
Cameron Johnson – 12.8 ppg, 4.1 rpg, 44.8% 3FG
Cameron Payne – 11 ppg, 4.8 apg, 2.9 rpg
’04-’05:
Joe Johnson – 17.1 ppg, 5 rpg, 3.5 apg, 47.8% 3FG
Quentin Richardson – 14.9 ppg, 6.1 rpg, 1.2 spg
Jim Jackson – 8.8 ppg, 3.9 rpg, 2.4 apg
’92-’93:
Richard Dumas – 15.8 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 1.8 spg
Tom Chambers – 12.2 ppg, 4.7 rpg
Cedric Ceballos – 12.8 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 58% FG
WINNING STREAKS
’21-’22: 18 wins, 11 wins, 9 wins, 8 wins
’04-’05: 11 wins, 9 wins, 7 wins
’92-’93: 14 wins, 11 wins
RESULTS
’92-’93: Lost 4-2 in NBA Finals (Bulls)
‘04-’05: Lost 4-1 in West Finals (Spurs)
’21-’22: To be determined
The Suns will target their 63rd win against the Grizzlies on Friday at 5:00pm.
Eliav Gabay
