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Suns Classics: The Greatest Regular Season Game in Franchise History

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It was an instant classic. A game many Suns fans will never forget.

The date? December 7th, 2006. It was just another dreary cold Thursday winter night.

The Phoenix Suns traveled to the Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey in front of a crowd of 16,966 people for their 17th game of the regular season.

Little did the crowd know they would get 58 minutes of riveting, nail-biting basketball worth every penny for admission. It was an all-time classic, not only in Suns franchise history, but in NBA history.

Suns then head coach Mike D’Antoni said:

“That’s the best game I’ve ever seen.