Holden Sherman is a Senior Staff Writer for Bright Side of the Sun and is a credentialed member of the Phoenix media since 2023, covering Suns games on the East Coast.
For the first time since the 2019-2020 season, the NBA Playoffs are starting without the Phoenix Suns in the party. In their four straight years of making the postseason, the Valley went 27-23 in the playoffs, winning five of the nine series they played. The 27 wins are tied for the fifth-most by any team in that span. Making the Finals in 2021 and then the Western Conference Semifinals the next two seasons.