When the Phoenix Suns lost at the Atlanta Hawks, their 17th consecutive, they had reached a new low.
Not only had that loss continued their franchise-record losing streak, but it was their 50th on the season in only 61 games, the fastest the franchise had ever reached that mark, with still 21 games remaining.
On pace for a 15-67 record (which would break the inaugural season’s franchise-worst 16-66 record), fans even questioned whether 70 losses was a real possibility.
Yet, since then, Phoenix has had a bit of a re-birth. Winners of six of their last ten, the Suns of today do not look like the Suns of February 23, when winning even one more game on the year would have been more shocking than they team ending the season on a 38-game losing streak.