PHOENIX — John MacLeod, the longtime NBA coach who led the Phoenix Suns to the 1976 NBA Finals, has died. MacLeod is the winningest coach in Suns history, going 579-543 in the regular season from 1973-87. MacLeod had his most success in Phoenix, capped by the 1975-76 “Sundarella Suns” run to the NBA Finals. “Coach MacLeod was a winner in every sense and will be dearly missed by our entire Phoenix Suns family.”His Phoenix teams made nine playoff appearances, also reaching the Western Conference finals in 1979 and 1984. He had a franchise- record 37 playoff victories, and was placed in the Phoenix Suns Ring of Honor in 2012.

Source: National Post April 15, 2019 04:52 UTC