When expansions take place in professional sports it takes time for new franchises to build up their program and truly compete against the established teams in the league. But somehow, in just their second season in the NBA, the Phoenix Suns found themselves up 3-1 against a juggernaut that was the Los Angeles Lakers team in the playoffs. How the young Suns were even able to reach this level so quickly was most impressive.
It all began following one of the most brutal infortunes in Suns history, the lost coin flip that granted the Milwaukee Bucks Lew Alcindor.