Editing Dallas Mavericks (section)

===Phoenix Suns===
During the 2004 off-season, former Dallas Mavericks point guard [[Steve Nash]] signed a free-agent deal with the 29–53 [[Phoenix Suns]] to help out their offense. The addition of Nash helped as Phoenix rolled to a 62–20 record and the best record in the NBA. The teams met in the [[2005 NBA playoffs#(1) Phoenix Suns vs. (4) Dallas Mavericks|2005 Western Conference Semifinals]] with Phoenix having the home-court advantage.

Phoenix won game 1 127–102 with a 40-point game by [[Amar'e Stoudemire]]. Steve Nash was also given his [[NBA MVP]] award during that game, a game in which he terrorized his former team. However, Mavericks star [[Dirk Nowitzki]] hit a game-winning turn-around jumper in game 2 to beat Phoenix 108–106 to send the series back to Dallas tied 1–1. Phoenix and Dallas split the two games in [[Dallas]] which saw both winners of games score 119 points. The series went back to Phoenix then took care of Dallas 114–108 in the [[America West Arena]] (now Footprint Center). Then, in game 6, with Dallas facing elimination, Phoenix beat Dallas in a thriller which saw [[Steve Nash]] with a 39-point game, to go along with 12 assists. In the [[2005 NBA playoffs#(1) Phoenix Suns vs. (2) San Antonio Spurs|Western Conference finals]], Phoenix lost to the [[San Antonio Spurs]], who then went on to win the [[2005 NBA Finals|NBA title]].

The following year, a Suns team without Stoudemire (who was injured), [[Joe Johnson (basketball)|Joe Johnson]], and [[Quentin Richardson]], but with a core of new players led by [[Raja Bell]] (who clotheslined Lakers star [[Kobe Bryant]] in a first-round series game), [[Boris Diaw]] and [[Tim Thomas (basketball)|Tim Thomas]] to go along with Nash and fellow All-Star [[Shawn Marion]]. Phoenix had to play seven-game series against the two Los Angeles teams, the [[Los Angeles Lakers]] (who had a 3–1 lead against Phoenix) and the resurgent [[Los Angeles Clippers]]. In the [[2006 NBA playoffs#(2) Phoenix Suns vs. (4) Dallas Mavericks|Western Conference finals]], they faced a Mavericks team who won 60 games, but were forced to be the fourth seed since the division winners got the top three seeds. On their way to the Western Conference finals, Dallas swept the [[Memphis Grizzlies]], and beat in-state rival [[San Antonio Spurs]] in seven tense games. Phoenix won game 1 121–118 after Diaw hit a game-winning shot in the dying seconds of the fourth quarter. Bell, though injured himself in game 1, missing Games Two and Three. After that, Dallas took control of the series, winning Games Two and Three by the scores of 105–98 and 95–88. Bell came back for game 4 and led Phoenix to a 106–86 win. Dallas however, beat Phoenix 117–101 in game 5 which included a 50-point performance from Dirk Nowitzki, and eliminated the Suns in Phoenix 102–93 in game 6. Dallas would later lose to the [[Miami Heat]] in [[2006 NBA Finals|six games]], despite winning the first two games.

On March 14, 2007, in Dallas, Phoenix beat Dallas in a 129–127 double-overtime thriller. With the Mavericks up by 7 with a minute left in regulation, Dirk Nowitzki (a 90% free throw shooter) missed two free throws. Steve Nash fed off his mistakes and scored 10 straight points including the game-tying three-pointer with 3 seconds left to go. Dirk Nowitzki's potential game-winning shot bounced off the rim and sent the game to overtime. [[Jason Terry]] sent the game into another overtime with a game-tying three-pointer of his own. Dirk Nowitzki's potential game-tying shot in double overtime went in and out of the rim as Amar'e Stoudemire's 41 points were too much for Dallas to handle.

On April 10, 2013, the Mavericks 12-season playoff streak, since [[2000–01 Dallas Mavericks season|2001]], ended in a loss to the Suns 102–91.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/nba/recap?gameId=400278889 |title=Mavs eliminated from playoff contention for first time since 2000 |publisher=ESPN |access-date=June 30, 2015 |archive-date=February 20, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220082609/http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=400278889 |url-status=live}}</ref>

On April 12, 2014, the Mavs handed the Suns one of three straight losses to keep them out of the playoffs, 101–98. Their other two losses were to the San Antonio Spurs and Memphis Grizzlies.

From the [[2016–17 Dallas Mavericks season|2016–17 season]] through the [[2021–22 Dallas Mavericks season|2021–22 regular season]], the Suns dominated the rivalry, winning 17 out of 21 head-to-head games, including separate winning streaks of nine and seven games.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.landofbasketball.com/head_to_head_gl/mavericks_vs_suns_game_log_season.htm |publisher=Land Of Basketball |access-date=February 2, 2023 |title=Dallas Mavericks vs. Phoenix Suns Head-to-Head in the NBA Regular Season – All-Time Game Log |archive-date=February 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203032341/https://www.landofbasketball.com/head_to_head_gl/mavericks_vs_suns_game_log_season.htm |url-status=live}}</ref>

The Mavericks and the Suns met again in the [[2022 NBA playoffs#(1) Phoenix Suns vs. (4) Dallas Mavericks|2022 Western Conference Semifinals]], in which the Suns were coming off a historic franchise-record 64 wins, while the Mavericks compiled 52 regular season wins. Despite the Suns being heavily favored to win and going up 2–0 in the series, the Suns' season ended in an upset 123–90 game 7 loss to the Mavericks on their home floor.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10035914-suns-devin-booker-on-game-7-loss-to-mavs-it-was-a-good-old-fashioned-ass-whupping |title=Suns' Devin Booker on Game 7 Loss to Mavs: 'It Was a Good Old-Fashioned Ass-Whupping' |publisher=Bleacher Report |access-date=February 1, 2023 |archive-date=February 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201130629/https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10035914-suns-devin-booker-on-game-7-loss-to-mavs-it-was-a-good-old-fashioned-ass-whupping |url-status=live}}</ref>