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Memorial Day is a day to stop, reflect, and remember those who gave everything defending our freedoms, our liberty, and our way of life. As the country prepares for its 250th anniversary, the number of people who made the ultimate sacrifice to make that possible is staggering. It should always be valued. Because of that sacrifice, we get the freedom to do silly little things, like write articles on a blog about a basketball team. That’s never lost on me, and it shouldn’t be lost on any of us.
Memorial Day, on the surface, is one of those holidays that tends to move around. It’s not like Christmas. It always lands on the last Monday in May, same as Labor Day finding its place on the first Monday in September. Easter somehow feels even more complicated, living on the first Sunday after the first full moon of spring. Holidays have their rhythms.
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With Memorial Day moving around every year, I thought it’d be interesting to take a look through the 58-year history of the Phoenix Suns and see how many times they’ve actually played on the holiday. It’s a tougher exercise than Christmas or Easter. Those fall during the regular season. Memorial Day lands at the end of May, which means the only way you’re playing basketball on that date is if you’ve made it to at least the conference finals.
For a franchise with 34 playoff appearances, 10 conference finals trips, and three NBA Finals appearances, you figure there had to be a few. There weren’t. They’ve played the day before. They’ve played the day after. They’ve been in plenty of meaningful postseason games around this time of year. But only once in franchise history did they actually take the floor on Memorial Day itself.
The Suns are 1-0 all time on Memorial Day. That came on May 30, 2005. And Phoenix made it count.
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I’ll take you back 21 years, to when the Phoenix Suns completely changed the way they played basketball. They had acquired Steve Nash the previous offseason. Mike D’Antoni was on the sideline. That team was all gas, no brakes. Seven Seconds or Less in its purest form. By the time Memorial Day 2005 rolled…
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