The 1976–77 Phoenix Suns season was the ninth season for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association.
 With injuries limiting the team to only six games with a full roster, the Suns plummeted to the bottom of the Pacific division standings, missing the playoffs after appearing in the Finals just one season prior.
 The Suns were led by head coach John MacLeod and played all home games in Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
The 1986–87 Phoenix Suns season was the 18th season for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association.
 The Suns started their 14th season under head coach John MacLeod, going 22–34.
 Suns management decided to replace the longstanding MacLeod with Dick Van Arsdale, a former Suns player from the Finals team coached then by MacLeod.
 With Van Arsdale, the Suns would finish the season going 14–12 in their last 26 games of the regular season.
 All Suns home games were played at Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
John Matthew MacLeod (born October 3, 1937) is an American former basketball coach in the NCAA and the National Basketball Association.
The 1988–89 Phoenix Suns season was the 20th season for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association.
 Cotton Fitzsimmons, Suns head coach for the '70–'71 and '71–'72 seasons, returned to the franchise where he got his first head coaching position.
 The Suns also enjoyed the benefits of a trade which brought Tom Chambers to the Valley of the Sun, who would have an All-Star season his first year in Phoenix.
 The Suns' regular seasons successes were carried on through the playoffs, sweeping Denver in the first round and defeating Golden State four games to one in the Western Conference Semifinals.
 The Suns saw their playoff fortunes reverse in the Conference Finals when they met the season's MVP Magic Johnson and the top-seeded Los Angeles Lakers, getting swept four games to zero.
 All home games were played at Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
The 2015–16 Philadelphia 76ers season was the 77th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
 It was also the second straight season that Joel Embiid, their third pick in the 2014 NBA draft, would not suit up for the 76ers due to a leg injury.
 Philadelphia broke the record for the longest losing streak in American professional sports history with 27 straight losses over this season and last season with a 114–116 loss to the Houston Rockets.
 The losing streak would reach to 28 games (with the 18 straight losses tying the record for longest opening season losing streak with the 2009–10 New Jersey Nets) before getting their first victory at home against the Los Angeles Lakers, which was also Kobe Bryant's last game against the 76ers in Philadelphia.
 Philadelphia would also hire former Phoenix Suns owner, coach, general manager, and four-time NBA Executive of the Year winner Jerry Colangelo on December 7, 2015 as their Chairman of Basketball Operations.
 Eleven days later, former Denver Nuggets, Phoenix Suns, New York Knicks, and Los Angeles Lakers head coach Mike D'Antoni would join the team as an associate head coach.
 Near the end of the season, general manager Sam Hinkie would announce his resignation from his position, being replaced by Jerry's son Bryan Colangelo before the end of the season.
 Jerry would also announce his personal demotion from his original position afterwards.
 They finished just one game shy of tying the NBA record for most losses in a season set by themselves during their 1972–73 season when they went 9–73.
 However, it would be the season where Sam Hinkie's goal of "The Process" came into full fruition since they'd later earn the #1 selection in the 2016 NBA draft.
The 1975–76 Phoenix Suns season was the eighth season for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association.
 The season included an improbable run to the NBA Finals by a team that had never won a playoff series and made the playoffs only one other season in the franchise's existence.
 With a regular season record of 42–40, the Suns had finished third in the Pacific division standings and improved upon last season's win total by 10 games.
 The ensuing playoff run took plenty by surprise, including a seven-game series win against the Western Conference's top seed Golden State Warriors, a team that had finished 17 games ahead of the Suns in the divisional standings.
 The franchise's first Finals appearance pitted them against a 12-time champion in the Boston Celtics, whose roster featured three players from that season's All-Star Game.
 The 1976 NBA Finals would feature a memorable Game 5 triple-overtime thriller filled with controversies in which the Suns narrowly lost.
 Returning home for Game 6, the demoralized Suns would lose Game 6 and the series but not before endearing a generation of fans to the Suns franchise and showcasing a basketball from the desert southwest.
 The team's "Cinderella" season earned them the nickname Sunderella Suns.
 John MacLeod was head coach and the Suns played their home games at Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
The 1979–80 Phoenix Suns season was the 12th season for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association and at 55–27, the team's best regular season record since the franchise's inception.
 The Suns defeated Western Conference foe Kansas City in the opening round of the playoffs, marking the first time the Suns had won a playoff series in back-to-back seasons.
 In the Western Conference Semifinals, the Suns would lose to the Pacific-winning Los Angeles Lakers, who later went on to win the season's championship.
 The Suns were led by head coach John MacLeod, his seventh season with the team, and played all home games in Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
The 1984–85 Phoenix Suns season was the 17th season for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association.
 The Suns were without All-Star Walter Davis for much of the season due to injury.
 They would be without him in the playoffs, extending a then-franchise record to eight consecutive seasons even though the Suns finished the regular season with the team's first losing record since the 1976–77 season.
 The Suns' playoff run would not last long, being swept in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs by the eventual league champions, the Los Angeles Lakers.
 The team was led by head coach John MacLeod, in his 12th year with the Suns, and played all home games in Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
Alvan Leigh Adams (born July 19, 1954) is an American retired professional basketball player.
 After starring at the University of Oklahoma, the 6'9" (2.06 m) power forward/center was selected by the Phoenix Suns with the 4th pick of the 1975 NBA draft.
 Adams was a rookie on a Suns team whose season included an improbable playoff run that took them all the way to the 1976 NBA Finals.
 In the same year, he was selected to play in the All-Star Game and won the NBA Rookie of the Year Award as well as being named to the All-NBA Rookie Team.
 Adams spent his entire career with the Suns and retired in 1988 as the second all-time Suns scorer with 13,910 career points.
The 1980–81 Phoenix Suns season was the 13th season for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association.
 At 57–25, the team had finished with its best regular season record.
 For the Suns, they had appeared in their first Finals five years ago but never could claim a divisional title as their own.
 Atop the Western Conference standings for the first time, the Suns had earned a bye in the first round of the playoffs.
 The offense was highlighted by balanced attack, with four starters averaging 15 points or more a game, but none greater than 19.
 This, despite a trade that meant the departure of four-time All-NBA Paul Westphal, who was swapped for fourth-year All-Star guard Dennis Johnson.
 In the conference semifinals, the Suns would meet the Kansas City Kings, a team they had defeated in the first round one season ago but found more difficult to handle this season.
 After a 22-point win in game one, the Suns would go on to lose game seven and the series.
 The Suns were led by head coach John MacLeod and played all home games in Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

Question: What was the middle name of the head coach of the 1976-77 Phoenix Suns team?
Answer: Matthew