The Phoenix Suns have made the playoffs 29 times in 51 years. In those playoff appearances, they have been to the Western Conference Finals nine times. They have moved onto the NBA Finals twice, having never won that final round.
With the Toronto Raptors taking home the Larry O’Brian trophy signifying an NBA Championship on June 13, the group of current NBA teams who have never won a title has shrunk by one, to 11, the Phoenix Suns being among them.
Unfortunately, even before the Raptors won their title, the Suns were the NBA’s longest-running franchise to have never reached the league’s pinnacle, having suffered through the agony of losing since the end of the Lyndon Baines Johnson administration.