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When the Steve Nash/ Mike D'Antoni led Phoenix Suns won 62 games during the 2004- 2005 season, everyone was definitely entertained by their run and gun, fast- paced style of basketball. They did everything so differently that they just surprised everyone on how they succeeded. Yet, the reality was, regardless of their success during that season and even the following seasons, no one really believed that they could win it all. They were described as only good enough for the regular season but not built for the playoffs. True enough, they never made it to the finals. On the other hand, teams that were built the conventional way like the San Antonio Spurs, Boston Celtics and LA Lakers won championships during the Steve Nash era of Suns basketball. Yet, this whole plan of D'Antoni and company to change things up a decade ago catapulted a new wave of basketball that defines what NBA basketball is in the present. The way the game is being played nowadays is the end product of a system that no one ever believed could ever work. Like it or not, small is the new big.
