Phoenix Suns 2010-11 Media Guide - NBA Media Central

Season Review 89-90
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Review89-90
Review89-90
Season
RECORD
The 1989-90 Suns featured eight returning players from the previous
year’s team and finished 54-28.
54-28
Phoenix ended the season second in the NBA in points scored (114.9)
and 22 road wins established a new team record. The Suns also established a new NBA
record on April 9 when they hit 61 free throws against Utah. The club won a single season
team-record 19 in a row at home.
Tom Chambers set the club record for total points in a season (2,201) and scoring
average (27.2) and placed fourth in the league in scoring average.
Head Coach Cotton Fitzsimmons reached the .500 mark for his career with a win over
Philadelphia on February 24. It was the first time he was at the .500 level since March 7,
1976, when he was head coach of Atlanta. Fitzsimmons, the 1989 NBA Coach of the Year,
was named Coach of the Month for February.
The Suns set an all-time regular season home attendance record on April 3 against
Dallas, and played in front of 578,661 fans on the year. The Suns had 26 sellouts to set a
new franchise record, topping the old mark of 18 set in 1988-89.
Phoenix began playoff competition with a hard-fought 3-2 series win over Utah. They
then defeated the L.A. Lakers, 4-1, in the Western Conference Semifinals; the first time a
Suns team defeated the Lakers in a seven-game playoff series. The Suns then lost to
Portland, 4-2, in the conference finals. Chambers and Kevin Johnson were both named to
the All-NBA Second Team.
FRONT ROW: NBA Scout Scotty Robertson, Assistant Coach Lionel Hollins, Kevin Johnson, Jeff Hornacek, Kenny
Battle, Michael Morrison, Greg Grant, Assistant Coach Paul Westphal, Head Coach Cotton Fitzsimmons.
BACK ROW: Trainer Joe Proski, Ricky Blanton, Kurt Rambis, Andrew Lang, Tom Chambers, Mark West, Tim Perry,
Eddie Johnson, Dan Majerle.