  the phoenix suns are an american professional basketball team based in phoenix, arizona. they are members of the pacific division of the western conference in the national basketball association (nba), and the only team in their division not to be based in california. since 1992, the suns have played their home games at talking stick resort arena in downtown phoenix. the arena is occasionally referred to as the "purple palace" due to its purple seats, which is one of the suns' colors. the suns began play as an expansion team in 1968. the franchise owns the nba's fourth-best all-time winning percentage, winning 55 percent of its games, as of the end of the 2012&ndash;13 season. in 46 years of play, they have made the playoffs 29 times, posted 19 seasons of 50 or more wins, made nine trips to the western conference finals, and advanced to the nba finals twice, in 1976 and 1993. as a result, based on their all-
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