The

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was the 20th season for the

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in the

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. The Suns received the seventh overall pick in the

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, and selected power forward Tim Perry out of

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, and also selected shooting guard Dan Majerle from the University of Central Michigan with the fourteenth overall pick. During the off-season, the Suns fired

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John Wetzel, and replaced him with director of player personnel (and former head coach) Cotton Fitzsimmons, who coached the team for the '70–'71 and '71–'72 seasons, and signed free agent and one-time All-Star forward Tom Chambers. The Suns showed a lot of improvement over the previous season, holding a 29–17 record at the All-Star break, posting a nine-game winning streak between March and April, and finishing in second place in the Pacific Division with a 55–27 record, which earned them the #3 seed in the Western Conference. All home games were played at

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. Three members of the team averaged 20 or more

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per game, as Chambers averaged 25.7 points and 8.4 rebounds per game, while sixth man Eddie Johnson averaged 21.5 points per game off the bench, and was named the

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, and second-year

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Kevin Johnson provided the team with 20.4 points, 12.2 assists and 1.7 steals per game, and was named the NBA Most Improved Player of the Year. In addition, second-year forward

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averaged 15.9 points and 7.3 rebounds per game, while

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contributed 13.5 points, 6.0 assists and 1.7 steals per game, Majerle provided with 8.6 points per game in only 54 games,

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contributed 8.2 points and 5.2 rebounds per game, and Mark West averaged 7.2 points, 6.7 rebounds and 2.3 blocks per game. Fitzsimmons was named the

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after leading his team to a 27-game improvement. Chambers was the only member of the team to be selected for the 1989 NBA All-Star Game in

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, which was his second All-Star appearance; Chambers and Johnson were both named to the

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, while Johnson finished in eighth place in

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voting, and with Chambers finishing in ninth place. In the

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, the Suns swept the

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in three straight games in the Western Conference First Round, and defeated the 7th-seeded

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four games to one in the Western Conference Semi-finals. The Suns saw their playoff fortunes reverse in the Western Conference Finals, when they faced off against the NBA Most Valuable Player of the Year,

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, and the top-seeded

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, getting swept four games to zero. The Lakers would reach the

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for the third consecutive year, but would lose to the

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in four straight games. Following the season, Corbin was left unprotected in the 1989 NBA expansion draft, where he was selected by the newly expansion

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NBA draft

The Suns used their first-round pick to select

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Tim Perry from

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. Perry averaged 10.5 points and 7.6 rebounds per game in four years with the

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. In his first three years with the Suns, Perry would average 4.2 points and 2.4 rebounds per game playing in a limited role. After becoming a starter in the 1991–92 season, Perry averaged 12.3 points, 6.9 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game. After the season, he was traded, alongside

and

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, to the

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for superstar forward

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. The Suns received the 14th pick from a trade with the

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in 1988. With the pick they would select

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Dan Majerle from

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. Majerle averaged 21.8 points, 8.9 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game in four years with the Chippewas. Majerle would spend his first seven seasons with the Suns, appearing in three All-Star games before being traded to the

in 1995. He would return to play for the Suns in the 2001–02 season before retiring. His number 9 jersey was retired by the franchise in 2003. The Suns received the 28th pick from a trade with the

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in 1988. With the pick they would select center

from

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. Lang averaged 6.9 points, 5.7 rebounds and 1.6 blocks per game in four years with the Razorbacks. Like Perry, Lang played a limited role in his first three seasons, averaging 3.7 points, 3.6 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game. After becoming a starter in the 1991–92 season, Lang averaged 7.7 points, 6.7 rebounds and 2.5 blocks per game, before being traded to the 76ers. In 1987, the Suns traded their second-round pick to the

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for Eddie Johnson. The pick was then traded to the

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and then to the

, who selected

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Fennis Dembo with the 30th pick. The Suns received the 38th pick from a trade with the

in 1988. With the pick they would select center

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from

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. Garrett averaged 13.6 points and 8.5 rebounds per game in two years with the Hoosiers. Garrett suffered a fractured foot before appearing in any games, and missed the entire season. He was waived before the start of the 1989–90 season without appearing in any games for the franchise. The Suns received the 50th pick from a trade with the

in 1985. With the pick they would select

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from

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. Kerr averaged 11.2 points and 3.4 assists per game in four years with the

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. Kerr would spend most of his rookie season on the injured reserve, averaging 2.1 points per game in 26 games, before being traded to the

in 1989. The Suns used their third-round pick to select

Rodney Johns from

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. Johns averaged 13.2 points, 3.7 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game in two years with the

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. The Suns signed Johns to a contract on September 27, but he was waived on November 1 before the start of the season.

Roster

Roster Notes

* Rookie center

was on the

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due to a fractured foot, missed the entire regular season, and never played for the Suns.

Regular season

Standings

Record vs. opponents

Playoffs

Game log

, - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 1 , April 28 ,

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W 104–103
, Chambers, K. Johnson (26) , Tom Chambers (17) , Kevin Johnson (9) ,

14,471 , 1–0 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 2 , April 30 ,

W 132–114
, Kevin Johnson (34) , Tom Chambers (12) , Kevin Johnson (14) ,

14,471 , 2–0 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 3 , May 2 , @

W 130–121
, Chambers, K. Johnson (32) , Tom Chambers (17) , Kevin Johnson (16) ,

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12,660 , 3–0 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 1 , May 6 , Golden State
W 130–103
, Tom Chambers (25) , Eddie Johnson (9) , Kevin Johnson (11) ,

14,471 , 1–0 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" , 2 , May 9 , Golden State
L 122–127
, Eddie Johnson (35) , Eddie Johnson (9) , Kevin Johnson (12) ,

14,471 , 1–1 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 3 , May 11 , @ Golden State
W 113–104
, Tom Chambers (31) , Chambers, Corbin (14) , Kevin Johnson (15) ,

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15,025 , 2–1 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 4 , May 13 , @ Golden State
W 135–99
, Eddie Johnson (34) ,

(13) , Hornacek, K. Johnson (8) ,

15,025 , 3–1 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 5 , May 16 , Golden State
W 116–104
, three players tied (24) , Chambers, E. Johnson (11) , Kevin Johnson (11) ,

14,471 , 4–1 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" , 1 , May 20 , @ L.A. Lakers
L 119–127
, Kevin Johnson (27) , Tom Chambers (10) , Kevin Johnson (18) ,

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17,505 , 0–1 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" , 2 , May 23 , @ L.A. Lakers
L 95–101
, Kevin Johnson (22) , Tom Chambers (10) , Kevin Johnson (10) ,

17,505 , 0–2 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" , 3 , May 26 , L.A. Lakers
L 107–110
, Tom Chambers (26) ,

(11) , Kevin Johnson (15) ,

14,471 , 0–3 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" , 4 , May 28 , L.A. Lakers
L 117–122
, Tom Chambers (41) , Tom Chambers (13) , Kevin Johnson (10) ,

14,471 , 0–4 , -

Awards and honors

Week/Month

* Tom Chambers was named Player of the Week for games played January 23 through January 29. * Kevin Johnson was named Player of the Week for games played March 13 through March 19. * Kevin Johnson was named Player of the Month for February. * Cotton Fitzsimmons was named Coach of the Month for April.

All-Star

* Tom Chambers was selected as a reserve in the 1989 All-Star Game. It was his second All-Star selection.

Season

* Kevin Johnson received the Most Improved Player Award. * Eddie Johnson received the Sixth Man of the Year Award. * Cotton Fitzsimmons received the Coach of the Year Award. *

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received the Executive of the Year Award. * Kevin Johnson was named to the

. Johnson also finished 8th in the

voting. * Tom Chambers was named to the

. Chambers also finished 9th in the

voting.

Player statistics

Season

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† – Minimum 55 three-pointers made.
^ – Minimum 125 free throws made.

Playoffs

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Transactions

Trades

Free agents

Additions

Subtractions

Player Transactions Citation:

References

Standings on Basketball Reference
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