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Phoenix Suns Flashback: Suns vs Lakers Game 6 2006 NBA Playoffs

Calling all bored and dejected Phoenix Suns! Join me on a glorious journey back in time to the year 2006, when not only was live, impactful NBA basketball a real thing on a nightly basis, the Suns were in the midst of the Seven-Seconds-or-Less Era and led by the greatest Phoenix Sun of all time, Steve Nash.

Setting the Scene

After becoming the darling of the NBA in the 2004-05 season, a season in which they went from 29 wins and 13th in the Western Conference (feels familiar right?) to 62 wins, the best record in the NBA, and an MVP performance from free agency signee, Steve Nash, the Phoenix Suns ran into some more adversity in 2005-06.