when was the last time the phoenix suns were in the playoffs
2009–10
title: 2016–17 Phoenix Suns season text: 2016–17 Phoenix Suns season The 2016–17 NBA season was the Phoenix Suns' 49th season in the NBA and their 24th season in the Talking Stick Resort Arena. It was also the first season with a team-owned D-League affiliate, called the Northern Arizona Suns, which relocated to the nearby Prescott Valley. The Suns failed to qualify for the playoffs for the seventh straight season. This season was also notable for sophomore Devin Booker scoring 70 points during a game vs. the Boston Celtics in March 2017, and became the youngest player to ever do so at the age of 20. The title: 2009–10 Phoenix Suns season text: would be the only team in the league to hit 40% or more of their three-point field goal percentage while leading the NBA in scoring at 110 points per contest. They would return to the playoffs, defeating the Portland Trail Blazers in six games in the First Round and sweeping the rivaled San Antonio Spurs in four games in the Semifinals. Returning to the Western Conference Finals for the first time in four seasons, the Suns met the top-seeded Los Angeles Lakers but lost the series in six games to the defending and eventual NBA champions. As of 2018, the title: 2009–10 Phoenix Suns season text: Suns have not qualified for the NBA playoffs since this season. Following the season, Stoudemire signed as a free agent with the New York Knicks and General Manager Steve Kerr left to return as a commentator for TNT. The Suns defeated the Portland Trail Blazers in six games in the first round. They swept the San Antonio Spurs in four games in the Western Conference Semifinals, defeating them for the second time in 10 years, after having been eliminated by them in recent seasons four times in five playoff series. The Suns would face the Pacific division-winners Los Angeles Lakers, title: 2002–03 Phoenix Suns season text: 2002–03 Phoenix Suns season The 2002–03 NBA season was the 35th season for the Phoenix Suns in the National Basketball Association. Frank Johnson returned as head coach, posting eight additional wins from the previous season to finish at 44–38. The Suns returned to the playoffs after snapping a streak of 13 seasons in a row the year before, a franchise record, and were supplanted by the play of rookie high school draft pick Amar'e Stoudemire. America West Arena hosted Suns home games. Point guard Stephon Marbury and forward Shawn Marion provided a pair of 20–20 scorers, with Marbury leading the title: 1978–79 Phoenix Suns season text: 1978–79 Phoenix Suns season The 1978–79 Phoenix Suns season was the 11th season for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association and the first time they reached the 50-win mark to end the regular season. The team repeated a second-place finish in an expanded Pacific division and the Western Conference's second-best record, thus earning a spot in the playoffs, the franchise's first time extending the season in back-to-back seasons. For the first time since the '75–'76 team, the Suns returned to the Western Conference Finals, before being dispatched by Pacific division champion Seattle in seven games. The Suns were