High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! 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.