Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The 1996–97 Phoenix Suns season was the 29th season of the Phoenix Suns in the National Basketball Association (NBA). After an 0–8 start, coach Cotton Fitzsimmons was replaced by former Suns guard Danny Ainge, who led the team to a 40–34 finish. As the seventh seed in the Western Conference, the Suns faced the Seattle SuperSonics in the first round of the Playoffs, losing 2–3 in a closely contested series.The season was marked by a number of major trades. In the offseason, superstar forward Charles Barkley was traded to the Houston Rockets for Sam Cassell, Robert Horry, Mark Bryant and Chucky Brown. Cassell was later traded, alongside Michael Finley and A. C. Green, to the Dallas Mavericks for future-superstar Jason Kidd, Loren Meyer and Tony Dumas. Robert Horry was also traded, along with Joe Kleine, to the Los Angeles Lakers for former Suns forward Cedric Ceballos and Rumeal Robinson.. }
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- 1996–97_Phoenix_Suns_season abstract "The 1996–97 Phoenix Suns season was the 29th season of the Phoenix Suns in the National Basketball Association (NBA). After an 0–8 start, coach Cotton Fitzsimmons was replaced by former Suns guard Danny Ainge, who led the team to a 40–34 finish. As the seventh seed in the Western Conference, the Suns faced the Seattle SuperSonics in the first round of the Playoffs, losing 2–3 in a closely contested series.The season was marked by a number of major trades. In the offseason, superstar forward Charles Barkley was traded to the Houston Rockets for Sam Cassell, Robert Horry, Mark Bryant and Chucky Brown. Cassell was later traded, alongside Michael Finley and A. C. Green, to the Dallas Mavericks for future-superstar Jason Kidd, Loren Meyer and Tony Dumas. Robert Horry was also traded, along with Joe Kleine, to the Los Angeles Lakers for former Suns forward Cedric Ceballos and Rumeal Robinson.".