For a team that’s missed the playoffs for five straight years, drumming up some positive vibes heading into the 2015-16 campaign felt like a necessity this summer. With the Phoenix Suns’ “We Are PHX” campaign kicking into high gear, nostalgia was in the air for the team’s intrasquad scrimmage at the Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum Saturday night.
While the Suns normally hold this free-to-the-public scrimmage at the conclusion of training camp in Flagstaff, a scheduling conflict with the Northern Arizona University football team led to a switch to a familiar venue: the “Madhouse on McDowell,” where the Suns played from their first year in the league back in 1968 until 1992.