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June 4, 2006: Less than 24 hours after ending one of the most exciting playoff runs in franchise history, the Suns cleaned out their lockers and headed out for their summer vacation. Players and coaches paused to reflect on the amazing 2005-06 season and said their good-byes.
May, 2006: Once again taking an L.A. team to a seventh and deciding game, the Suns advanced to the Conference Finals for the second straight year with a 127-107 drubbing of the Clippers.
April, 2006: After falling behind 3-1 in their opening round series with the Lakers, the Suns won three straight, incluing a 121-90 blowout in Game 7 at US Airways Center.
March 14, 2005: Suns’ college scout John Shumate was named to Notre Dame’s All-Century Team at a halftime ceremony during the Fighting Irish’s March 5 game against Pittsburgh.
March 5, 2005: For one night, at least, the Suns answered some questions, showing enough moxie and determination to pull out a 100-97 win in the final minutes over the NBA’s hottest (and perhaps best) team, reports eastvalleytribune.com.
Feb. 27, 2005: The Suns may not be the NBA's best team, but so far they're far and away the best road team. They're a stunning 22-7 away from home, a record that includes the toughest portion of their road schedule, reports eastvalleytribune.com.
Feb. 24, 2005: The Suns extended the contracts of assistant coaches Marc Iavaroni and Phil Weber.
Feb. 23, 2005: With the prospect of selling out 25 games this season, the Suns may turn a small profit, club president Rick Welts said. The team’s financial health figures to be important in its bid to keep the starting five intact, reports eastvalleytribune.com.
Feb. 20, 2005: For the first time since 1981, the Suns had three participants in the NBA All-Star Game. With the additional participation in All-Star Saturday Night, the entire Phoenix starting lineup was represented in Denver and Suns.com was there to catch every dunk, dish and three.
 Feb. 14, 2005: For the sixth time this season, a Suns player was named Western Conference Player of the Week as guard Steve Nash took the honor for February 7-13 after averaging 26.0 points and 14.3 assists in three games.
Feb. 10, 2005: Suns Head Coach Mike D'Antoni's willingness to subjugate his ego has been instrumental in the team's ascension to the top of the Western Conference, reports East Valley Tribune columnist Scott Bordow.
Feb. 8, 2005: The Suns continued to bolster its bench by acquiring veteran forward Walter McCarty and an undisclosed amount of cash from the Boston Celtics in exchange for the 2005 conditional second-round pick the Suns acquired last month from Golden State in a trade for forward Zarko Cabarkapa.
Feb. 5, 2005: In conjunction with the Suns' '80s Night celebration, Suns.com asked fans to pick their team of the '80s. Check to see if your favorites made the cut.
Feb. 1, 2005: The worst is over as the Suns survived 15 of 21 games on the road between late December and early February, and despite a six-game losing streak, have come out of it in pretty good shape, reports eastvalleytribune.com.
Feb. 1, 2005: The game is officially back on as far as Downtown Phoenix is concerned as professional hockey will return to America West Arena next October when the East Coast Hockey League’s expansion Phoenix Roadrunners take to the ice for their inaugural season.
Jan. 25, 2005: Phoenix embarked on their longest road trip in years in New York City where they met up with former Suns guard Stephon Marbury and the Knicks.
Jan. 24, 2005: Former Suns guard Jeff Hornacek has moved back to the Valley with his family and is ready to help out with the organization in any way he can.
 Jan. 23, 2005: Just hours before making his Phoenix debut, the Suns’ newest forward Jim Jackson met the media prior to the Suns-Nets game.
Jan. 20, 2005: Through a collaborative effort, the Phoenix Suns raised $40,000 for victims of the recent tsunami in Southeast Asia.
Jan. 19, 2005: Smush Parker began the season with the NBA Champion Pistons, but wound up playing for the Florida Flame of the National Basketball Development League, before being signing a 10-day contract with Phoenix after the Suns lost two playmakers in one freak accident in practice.
Jan. 17, 2005: The Suns have become the antidote to the halfcourt, plodding style that’s popularized the league since the Detroit Pistons’ Bad Boys bullied their way to back-to-back championships in 1989 and 1990, reports eastvalleytribune.com columnist Scott Bordow.
Jan. 17, 2005: For backup point guard Leandro Barbosa, this has been a season of adjustment, injuries and inconsistency, reports eastvalleytribune.com.
Jan. 14, 2005: Suns fans may have been wondering if Quentin Richardson really could shoot when he started the seaon, but they're not wondering now, reports eastvalleytribune.com.
Jan. 11, 2005: Suns managing partner Robert Sarver has been enjoying himself all season long as his Suns have taken the NBA by storm with the league's best record.
Jan. 8, 2005: Steven Hunter is playing a lot these days and giving Phoenix some badly needed defensive resistance, reports eastvalleytribune.com.
Jan. 3, 2004: The Phoenix Suns today acquired two future second-round draft picks from Golden State in exchange for second-year forward Zarko Cabarkapa.
Dec. 30, 2004: Suns Chairman Jerry Colangelo underwent successful prostate cancer surgery in New York and is expected to have a full recovery.
Dec. 27, 2004: For the third consecutive week and fifth time in the first eight weeks of the season, a Suns player was named NBA Western Conference Player of the Week as Steve Nash took the honor for December 20-26.
Dec. 23, 2004: After spending much of the early season blowing opponents out big time, the Suns — thanks in part to the improvisational ability of Steve Nash — have been eking out wins down the stretch lately, reports eastvalleytribune.com
Dec. 18, 2004: The Suns waived guard Yuta Tabuse, who started the season by becoming the first Japanese-born player to play in the NBA.
Dec. 13, 2004: For the second time in the last four weeks, Phoenix Suns forward/center Amaré Stoudemire was named the NBA Western Conference Player of the Week for December 6-12.
Dec. 10, 2004: Joe Johnson has quietly emerged as one of the most reliable three-point shooters in the league, reports eastvalleytribune.com. The three players ahead of him did not have as many tries combined, reports azcentral.com.
Dec. 9, 2004: With a few minutes here, a few minutes there, Bo Outlaw is starting to poke his way into more of a regular role for the Suns, reports eastvalleytribune.com.
Dec. 5, 2004: Mike D’Antoni had been wondering about going small ever since the Suns bagged 6-foot-6 Quentin Richardson but he didn’t commit to the idea until about "halfway through the exhibition season" in October.
Dec. 1, 2004: After leading the Suns to the league's best record in the opening month of the season, Suns guard Steve Nash was named NBA Western Conference Player of the Month for November.
Nov. 29, 2004: Shawn Marion’s talent and contributions have risen to the surface as he was named the NBA Western Conference Player of the Week, one week after teammate Amaré Stoudemire took the honors.
Nov. 26, 2004: Success has a way of masking deeper issues, but for now, the Suns should be applauded for rising above the trappings of ego, to the tune of a 10-2 record and a six-game winning streak, reports azcentral.com columnist Paola Boivin.
Nov. 26, 2004: The Suns are coming off a highly entertaining win that drew a standing ovation from fans in the final 40 second, but it wasn’t accomplished in a way generally associated with championship basketball, reports eastvalleytribune.com.
Nov. 19, 2004: With the Suns just eight games into the season and already having demonstrated proficiency on the road, it's just as important that they take care of the home front, reports azcentral.com.
Nov. 15, 2004: Former Suns foward Wayman Tisdale has traded in playing time for "Hang Time," his latest venture into the Jazz music world. Sun.com spoke with Tisdale to get his thoughts on his basketball playing career and his equally successful jazz career.
Sept. 7, 2004: The Phoenix Suns signed Yuta Tabuse, who will attempt to become the first Japanese-born player to ever play in the NBA. The 23-year-old was introduced during a press conference in Tokyo and said he hopes to give the Suns a boost off the bench this season.
Aug. 28, 2004: The U.S. Men's Senior National Team did not win gold in the 2004 Olympics, but Suns forward Shawn Marion made sure it did not come home empty handed either. Marion scored 22 points to lead Team USA over Lithuania, 104-96, in the bronze medal game.
Aug. 20, 2004: The Suns addressed their big man position Friday with the signing of free agent center Steven Hunter. The DePaul product was drafted by Orlando with the 15th overall pick in the 2001 NBA Draft. Hunter's signing continues an active summer that has seen the Suns sign free agent guards Steve Nash and former DePaul teammate Quentin Richardson.
July 29, 2004: The Suns officially added depth to its backcourt with the signing of one of the league's premier rebounding guard's Quentin Richardson after the Clippers declined to match the Suns' offer sheet.
July 24, 2004: Phoenix Suns icon Lowell "Cotton" Fitzsimmons, one of the NBA's most respected teachers and colorful personalities, passed away at the age of 72 due to complications of lung cancer.
Dec. 16, 2003: Shawn Marion's All-Star status likely won't be repeated this season. But Mike Tulumello of the East Valley Tribune reports his All-Star talent remains.
Nov. 13, 2003: Rookie Leandro Barbosa made his regular-season debut after returning from Brazil, where he went to visit his terminally ill father, Vincente, reports azcentral.com.
Nov. 9, 2003: He was called a liar, a cheapskate and a bad dresser. Yet, through it all, Jerry Colangelo was beaming with pride as he was clipped by some of the biggest names in the sports business during “A Night at the Barbershop."
Nov. 9, 2003: Former Suns great Charles Barkley will be the 10th person inducted into the team's prestigious Ring of Honor in a ceremony later this season.
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