| 2004–05 Phoenix Suns season | |
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| Pacific Division Champions | |
| Head coach | Mike D'Antoni |
| General manager | Bryan Colangelo |
| Owner(s) | Robert Sarver |
| Arena | America West Arena |
| Results | |
| Record | 62–20 (.756) |
| Place | Division: 1st (Pacific) Conference: 1st (Western) |
| Playoff finish | Lost in Conference Finals to San Antonio (1–4) |
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| Phoenix Suns seasons | |
| < 2003–04 | 2005–06 > |
The 2004–05 Phoenix Suns season was the 37th for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association. The Suns finished with the best record in the NBA at 62–20 under head coach Mike D'Antoni. The Suns sent three players to the All-Star Game, in Steve Nash, Amar'e Stoudemire, and Shawn Marion. The Suns gained from solid play from guards Quentin Richardson and Joe Johnson. Nash finished the season averaging 11.5 assists per game while making 50.2% of his field goals and 43.1% of his three-pointers in the regular season, he ended up winning the MVP award. D'Antoni was awarded Coach of the Year and Bryan Colangelo Executive of the Year.
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| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College |
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| 1 | 7 | Luol Deng | Forward | Duke |
The Suns drafted Luol Deng with the 7th pick, who was immediately traded to the Chicago Bulls for second-round pick Jackson Vroman and a 2005 first-round pick. The Suns received the 16th pick (Kirk Snyder) in a trade with the New York Knicks, but traded the pick to the Utah Jazz. The Suns second-round pick was traded to the Orlando Magic in 2003.
After trading Stephon Marbury (owed $76 million through 2008–09) and Penny Hardaway (owed $30.4 million through 2005–06), the Suns freed enough cap space to sign free agent point guard Steve Nash to a 6-year, $65.6 million deal, with a sixth-year team option, and swingman Quentin Richardson to a 6-year, $43.5 million deal, with a sixth-year player option. The Suns also signed Steven Hunter, Yuta Tabuse and Derrick Dial as free agents. Hunter played the season as a back-up center, Tabuse played 4 games before being waived in December, and Dial was waived before the start of the season.
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| Pos. | Starter | Bench | Reserve | Inactive |
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| C | Amar'e Stoudemire | Steven Hunter | Jake Voskuhl | |
| PF | Shawn Marion | Walter McCarty | Bo Outlaw Paul Shirley |
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| SF | Quentin Richardson | |||
| SG | Joe Johnson | Jim Jackson | ||
| PG | Steve Nash | Leandro Barbosa |
| Pacific Division | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div |
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| y-Phoenix Suns | 62 | 20 | .756 | – | 31–10 | 31–10 | 12–4 |
| x-Sacramento Kings | 50 | 32 | .610 | 12 | 30–11 | 20–21 | 10–6 |
| Los Angeles Clippers | 37 | 45 | .451 | 25 | 27–14 | 10–31 | 6–10 |
| Los Angeles Lakers | 34 | 48 | .415 | 28 | 22–19 | 12–29 | 6–10 |
| Golden State Warriors | 34 | 48 | .415 | 28 | 20–21 | 14–27 | 6–10 |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | |
| 1 | z-Phoenix Suns | 62 | 20 | .756 | — |
| 2 | y-San Antonio Spurs | 59 | 23 | .720 | 3 |
| 3 | y-Seattle SuperSonics | 52 | 30 | .634 | 10 |
| 4 | x-Dallas Mavericks | 58 | 24 | .707 | 4 |
| 5 | x-Houston Rockets | 51 | 31 | .622 | 11 |
| 6 | x-Sacramento Kings | 50 | 32 | .610 | 12 |
| 7 | x-Denver Nuggets | 49 | 33 | .598 | 13 |
| 8 | x-Memphis Grizzlies | 45 | 37 | .549 | 17 |
| 9 | Minnesota Timberwolves | 44 | 38 | .537 | 18 |
| 10 | Los Angeles Clippers | 37 | 45 | .451 | 25 |
| 11 | Los Angeles Lakers | 34 | 48 | .415 | 28 |
| 12 | Golden State Warriors | 34 | 48 | .415 | 28 |
| 13 | Portland Trail Blazers | 27 | 55 | .329 | 35 |
| 14 | Utah Jazz | 26 | 56 | .317 | 36 |
| 15 | New Orleans Hornets | 18 | 64 | .220 | 44 |
| Legend | |||||
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| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | ||
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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| Leandro Barbosa | 63 | 6 | 17.3 | .475 | .367 | .797 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 7.0 |
| Žarko Čabarkapa* | 3 | 0 | 3.7 | .571† | . | 1.000^ | 1.0 | 0.0 | .0 | .0 | 3.0 |
| Steven Hunter | 76 | 3 | 13.8 | .614† | .000 | .479 | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 4.6 |
| Jim Jackson* | 40 | 3 | 24.9 | .435 | .459 | .960^ | 3.9 | 2.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 8.8 |
| Casey Jacobsen* | 40 | 0 | 19.2 | .414 | .382 | .774 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.3 | .0 | 5.3 |
| Joe Johnson | 82 | 82 | 39.5 | .461 | .478+ | .750 | 5.1 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 17.1 |
| Maciej Lampe* | 16 | 0 | 7.4 | .347 | .667+ | .667 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 2.8 |
| Shawn Marion | 81 | 81 | 38.8 | .476 | .334 | .833 | 11.3 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 19.4 |
| Walter McCarty* | 28 | 0 | 12.6 | .388 | .385 | .500 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 3.5 |
| Steve Nash | 75 | 75 | 34.3 | .502 | .431 | .887^ | 3.3 | 11.5 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 15.5 |
| Bo Outlaw | 39 | 0 | 5.5 | .353 | . | .556 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
| Smush Parker* | 5 | 0 | 6.8 | .467 | .250 | . | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.4 | .0 | 3.0 |
| Quentin Richardson | 79 | 78 | 35.9 | .389 | .358 | .739 | 6.1 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 14.9 |
| Paul Shirley | 9 | 0 | 3.3 | .455 | . | .500 | 0.2 | 0.3 | .0 | .0 | 1.3 |
| Amar'e Stoudemire | 80 | 80 | 36.1 | .559† | .188 | .733 | 8.9 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 26.0 |
| Yuta Tabuse | 4 | 0 | 4.3 | .167 | 1.000+ | 1.000^ | 1.0 | 0.8 | .0 | .0 | 1.8 |
| Jake Voskuhl | 38 | 1 | 9.5 | .458 | . | .684 | 2.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 2.1 |
| Jackson Vroman* | 10 | 1 | 5.7 | .375 | . | .571 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.6 |
* - Stats with the Suns.
† - Minimum 300 field goals made.
+ - Minimum 55 three-pointers made.
^ - Minimum 125 free throws made.
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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| Leandro Barbosa | 12 | 0 | 9.7 | .343 | .400 | .500 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.2 | .0 | 2.5 |
| Steven Hunter | 15 | 0 | 14.2 | .558 | . | .600 | 2.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 4.2 |
| Jim Jackson | 15 | 6 | 31.6 | .488 | .516 | .875 | 4.1 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 11.0 |
| Joe Johnson | 9 | 9 | 39.4 | .504 | .556 | .697 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 18.8 |
| Shawn Marion | 15 | 15 | 42.3 | .484 | .419 | .769 | 11.8 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 17.6 |
| Walter McCarty | 8 | 0 | 6.9 | .222 | .333 | .000 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.8 |
| Steve Nash | 15 | 15 | 40.7 | .520 | .389 | .919 | 4.8 | 11.3 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 23.9 |
| Bo Outlaw | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | .000 | . | . | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | .0 | 0.0 |
| Quentin Richardson | 15 | 15 | 37.6 | .403 | .390 | .639 | 5.1 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 11.9 |
| Paul Shirley | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | . | . | . | 0.0 | 0.0 | .0 | .0 | 0.0 |
| Amar'e Stoudemire | 15 | 15 | 40.1 | .539 | .000 | .781 | 10.7 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 29.9 |
| Jake Voskuhl | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | . | . | . | 0.0 | 0.0 | .0 | .0 | 0.0 |
| June 22, 2004 |
To Charlotte Bobcats
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To Phoenix Suns
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| June 24, 2004 |
To Chicago Bulls
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To Phoenix Suns
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| January 3, 2005 |
To Golden State Warriors
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To Phoenix Suns
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| January 21, 2005 |
To New Orleans Hornets
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To Phoenix Suns
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| February 8, 2005 |
To Boston Celtics
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To Phoenix Suns
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