I'll just go ahead and mention all the latest accomplishments Phoenix has had in this one thread. Steve Nash won Player of the Month for January while Mike D'Antoni was named Coach of the Month. The Suns had a 15-1 record, the most wins in a single month in franchise history (Phoenix did have a 14-0 December of '92, so it's not the best percentagely speaking, yes I said "percentagely"). Nash, who also won his 2nd straight (and 3rd this season) Player of the Week award averaged 18 PPG, 13 APG, & 3.5 RPG for the month and 22.5 PPG, 14.8 APG, & 4.3 RPG for the week of Jan 22-29. Nash, Amare, and Marion were named as reserves for the All-Star game. Nash or Amare may even replace Yao in the starting lineup. It's Nash's 5th selection, Marion's 4th, and Amare's 2nd. Although its been known for a while now, Coach D'Antoni and his staff will coach the Western team, the first time D'Antoni will coach an All-Star squad. A couple days ago it was announced Nash will join LeBron, Kobe, and Wade in the Skills Challenge. Nash won in 2005 and Wade won it last year.
Very nice . So lets hope that our prizes in the end of the season will be as good as these, but i don't believe that Nash will win the MVP again. But COTY-Mike D' Antoni and 6th Man-Barbosa, and ofcourse, The Championship
Some more records I have dug up: * The Suns are the first team in history to play the first 50 games of a season without a double-digit loss. The '95-96 Bulls went 45 games, but lost their 46th to the Suns by 10 points. * This year's 37-9 record is the Suns best start through 46 games (36-10 in '92-93, '94-95, & '04-05) * The Suns are the 5th team in history to post 2 win streaks of 14 or more games in the same season but the only team in history to do it before the All-Star break. * Phoenix joins the '99-00 Lakers, '95-96 Bulls, and '71-72 Lakers as the only teams to have won at least 33 games in a 35 game stretch. * Phoenix became the 4th team in history to have won 17 of 18 road games. * The Suns, for the 3rd straight year, are leading the NBA in scoring with 111.4 PPG, best in the NBA since the '92-93 Suns scored 113.4 PPG.
So far the Suns have won 94% of their games in 2007 and are 16-1 to start off the new year. To put in perspective the 1995-96, 72 win Chicago Bulls team also started off 16-1 heading into 1996. If the Suns can continue to win at this pace, they will reach 70 wins.
* The Suns ended the season with the 2nd highest win total (61-21) in franchise history (they were 62-20 in both 92-93 & 04-05) * Phoenix led the league in PPG, FG%, FT%, 3P%, & Assists * Leandro Barbosa was named NBA Sixth Man of the Year * Raja Bell was named to the All-Defensive First Team * Steve Nash & Amare Stoudemire were named to the First Team All-NBA; Nash was the leading vote-getter being the only unanimous selection
