For the 55th straight time, the Phoenix Suns had to watch another team celebrate winning an NBA championship. And for the 15th time in those 55 seasons, they had a chance to knock off the eventual champs in the playoffs but failed. Three of those 15 times (1976, 1993 and 2021), the Suns were literally on the court taking the loss as the champs celebrated their ultimate win.
This year the heartbreak came in the second round, a 6-game loss to the eventual champ Denver Nuggets, who won the championship in their first NBA Finals appearance.