Nginikeze umlando kanye nesizinda seqembu le-basketball i-Phoenix Suns
Context:I-Phoenix Suns iyiqembu laseMelika lebhola lomnqakiswano elizinze e-Phoenix, e-Arizona. Zincintisana eNational Basketball Association (NBA), njengelungu leNgqungquthela YaseNtshonalanga yePacific Division. ISuns yiyo kuphela iqembu esigabeni salo elingekho eCalifornia, futhi lidlala imidlalo yalo yasekhaya eFootprint Center. Ama-Sun angelinye lamaqembu amane ezemidlalo asezingeni eliphakeme asekelwe endaweni yasePhoenix, kepha yiwo kuphela azibiza ngokuthi amele idolobha (amanye amaqembu - i-Cardinals, i-Coyote, ne-Diamondbacks - wonke azibiza ngokuthi amele izwe lase-Arizona).
I-Phoenix Suns iyiqembu laseMelika lebhola lomnqakiswano elizinze e-Phoenix, e-Arizona. Zincintisana eNational Basketball Association (NBA), njengelungu leNgqungquthela YaseNtshonalanga yePacific Division. ISuns yiyo kuphela iqembu esigabeni salo elingekho eCalifornia, futhi lidlala imidlalo yalo yasekhaya eFootprint Center. Ama-Sun angelinye lamaqembu amane ezemidlalo asezingeni eliphakeme asekelwe endaweni yasePhoenix, kepha yiwo kuphela azibiza ngokuthi amele idolobha (amanye amaqembu - i-Cardinals, i-Coyote, ne-Diamondbacks - wonke azibiza ngokuthi amele izwe lase-Arizona).  I-franchise yaqala ukudlala ngo-1968 njengeqembu elikhulayo, futhi iminyaka yabo yokuqala yayigxilile ekuziphatheni okujwayelekile, kepha inhlanhla yabo yashintsha ngawo-1970 ngemuva kokubambisana noDick Van Arsdale no-Alvan Adams noPaul Westphal; iqembu lafinyelela kuma-NBA Finals ngo-1976, kulokho okubhekwa njengenye yezinkinga ezinkulu emlandweni we-NBA. Kodwa-ke, ngemuva kokwehluleka ukuthatha ubuqhawe, ama-Sun ayezokwakha kabusha uWalter Davis iningi lama-1980s, kuze kube yilapho ethola uKevin Johnson ngo-1988.  Ngaphansi kukaJohnson, futhi ngemuva kokuthengiselana nge-NBA All-Star uCharles Barkley, futhi kuhlanganiswe nokukhishwa kukaTom Chambers noDan Majerle, amaSun afinyelela kuma-playoffs ngerekhodi le-franchise eliyishumi nantathu ukuvela okulandelanayo futhi wahlala engumphikisi ojwayelekile wesihloko kuwo wonke ama-1990s, futhi wafinyelela kuma-NBA Finals ka-1993. Kodwa-ke, iqembu liphinde lehluleka ukunqoba ubuqhawe, futhi langena kwesinye isikhathi sokungajwayelekile kuze kube yingxenye yokuqala yama-2000s.  Ngo-2004, i-Suns yasayina isisebenzi samahhala uSteve Nash (owayeqhakazile eDallas Mavericks ngemuva kokuthengiswa e-Phoenix eminyakeni eyisithupha eyedlule), futhi wabuyela emncintiswaneni wokudlala. Ngaphansi kukaNash, uShawn Marion, no-Amar'e Stoudemire, nangaphansi komqeqeshi omkhulu uMike D'Antoni, i-Sun yaduma emhlabeni wonke ngokuhlasela kwayo okusheshayo, okwenza ukuthi ilinganise irekhodi le-franchise ekunqobeni isizini ka-2004-05. Kwabe sekulandela ezinye izindawo ezimbili eziphezulu zeNkomfa, kodwa amaSun aphinde ahluleka ukuthola umqhudelwano we-NBA, futhi baphoqeleka ukuba bakhe kabusha. Ngemuva kwezinkathi eziyishumi ezilandelanayo ngaphandle kwe-playoff, ama-Sun afinyelela kuma-2021 NBA Finals ngemuva kokuthola uChris Paul, akha i-quartet nomgogodla wabo osemusha kaDevin Booker, uDeandre Ayton noMikal Bridges. Ngemuva kokuphuma kwe-playoff okukhungathekisayo ngo-2022, i-Suns yathola i-All-Star engu-13 ne-NBA Champion kabili uKevin Durant.  I-Suns ingumnikazi wephesenti lesihlanu elihle kakhulu le-NBA, futhi inephesenti lesibili eliphakeme kakhulu kunanoma yiliphi iqembu elingakaze liwine i-NBA Championship. AbakwaHall of Famers abangu-11 badlalela iPhoenix, kanti ababili - uBarkley noNash - bathole i-NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) ngenkathi bedlalela iqembu. Ngaphezu kwalokho, umsakazi wabo we-Hall of Fame Al McCoy ungumsakazi osebenze isikhathi eside kunabo bonke emlandweni we-NBA.