Talent. Depth. Coaching. Leadership. Efficient offense. Stifling defense. Playoff experience. The Phoenix Suns have everything to win it all now.
If they don’t, this will be the most heartbreaking, painful and agonizing ending to a year the Suns have ever experienced.They won a franchise-best 18 games in a row after an 1-3 start and later had a stretch of 19 victories out of 20 games."I felt last year the only thing we didn't have was experience," Suns backup point guard Cameron Payne said."And now we do, one through 15. So just ready to get started.
Their head coach, Monty Williams, was just named NBCA Coach of the Year a second straight season and is one of the favorites to the NBA version of that award as voted by the media. They’re third in defensive rating and fifth in offensive rating. No team in the league finished in the top five of both categories.
Their only two-way player, rookie Iffe Lundberg from Denmark, has years of pro experience playing overseas."I dreamed about playing in the playoffs, I dreamed about the finals, I dreamed about a championship," Wainright said."I dreamed about playing in the NBA, especially for one of the greatest teams in Suns history, the number one team in the world.”The Warriors and Mavericks may be without their superstars Stephen Curry and Luka Doncic to start the playoffs.
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