2006–07 Phoenix Suns season
NBA team season
The 2006–07 Phoenix Suns season was the 39th season of the franchise of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The team attempted to return to the Western Conference finals, where they were eliminated in six games by the Dallas Mavericks in the previous season. After an excellent regular season in which they posted a 61–21 record, in a rematch of last season's first round where they came back from a 3–1 deficit, they defeated the Los Angeles Lakers in the opening round of the playoffs in five games, but were narrowly defeated in the Western Conference semifinals in six games by the more experienced, heavily favored, and eventual NBA champion San Antonio Spurs. The Suns had the best team offensive rating in the NBA.
The Suns' marketing slogan for the 2006–07 season was Eyes on the Prize. Billboards and bus wraps showed closeups of the eyes of a different Suns player, each face photographed in a strongly tinted purple color (orange on some ads), with small reflections of the NBA championship trophy reflected in the pupils.
This was the last season the Suns won their division until the 2020–21 season.
Offseason
Ann Meyers-Drysdale was hired as a vice-president for the Suns.
NBA draft
Roster
Regular season
Standings
15-game winning streak
On December 19, the Suns made franchise history by winning their fifteenth straight game with a 115–98 win over the Toronto Raptors [1]; ironically, the Raptors are a franchise headed by Bryan Colangelo, former Suns president and son of Jerry Colangelo, longtime Suns owner and current Suns CEO (under new owner Robert Sarver). The younger Colangelo left the Suns' organization to accept the Raptors' president–GM position in late February 2006.
Steve Nash had 15 assists to go with 10 points, while Stoudemire scored a game-high 28 points and brought in 10 rebounds (in 28 minutes of playing time).
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