the last time the suns went to the playoffs was 2009 -- 10.
when was the last time the suns went to the playoffs?
2009 -- 10
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the suns' luck began to turn around in 1988 with the acquisition of kevin johnson from the cleveland cavaliers, along with mark west and tyrone corbin, for all-star power forward larry nance and mike sanders. this was the beginning of a franchise-record 13 consecutive playoff appearances. all-star tom chambers came over from the seattle supersonics (the first unrestricted free agent in nba history), 1986 second round draft pick jeff hornacek continued to develop, and "thunder" dan majerle was drafted with the 14th pick in the 1988 draft. kurt rambis was added from the charlotte hornets in 1989, and the team upset the los angeles lakers in five games during the playoffs that season, before falling to the portland trail blazers in the western conference finals. in 1990–91, the suns went 55–27 but lost in the first round to the utah jazz, 3–1. in 1991–92, the suns went 53–29. having sent four players to the all-star game in the previous two seasons (chambers, johnson, hornacek, and majerle), the suns swept the san antonio spurs in three games in the first round of the 1992 nba playoffs. the suns then were defeated in five games to the trail blazers in the conference semifinals. the series was punctuated by a game four in which the suns lost in double overtime 153–151 (the highest scoring game in nba playoff history to-date). that game was the last suns game ever played at the coliseum.
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