With their win over the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday night the Phoenix Suns are going to the NBA Finals for the first time since 1993, becoming the first team in NBA history to snap a 10-year playoff drought with a run all the way to the Finals.
So many in the franchise waited these 28 years, including a 10-year run as the self-inflicted laughingstock of the league, for this moment.
Chris Paul waited 16 years, including 13 failed playoff runs with five different teams. for this moment.
Devin Booker waited 6 years, suffering the ridicule of his franchise openly tanking for four of them, for this moment.