how many times have the suns lost a season opener compared to the rest of the nba

The Phoenix Suns have fallen short 26 times in season openers all-time.

Interpreted as:
How many times have the suns lost in the regular season a season opener compared to the rest of the NBA?
TEAMDATELSEASDRTMOPPRESULTMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF
1Suns
Suns
10/18/1968
0
1
PHX PHX
vs
SEA SEA
W
116-107
240
116
57
21
46
107
43.0
24
32
75.0
47.9
27
2Suns
Suns
10/16/1969
0
1
206
PHX PHX
vs
SDR SDR
W
116-114
240
116
54
24
46
102
45.1
24
39
61.5
48.7
31
3Suns
Suns
10/15/1970
0
1
188
PHX PHX
vs
BOS BOS
W
119-100
240
119
67
29
45
107
42.1
29
43
67.4
47.3
24
22
4Suns
Suns
10/14/1971
1
1
206
PHX PHX
vs
MIL MIL
L
97-110
240
97
45
23
38
92
41.3
21
31
67.7
45.9
19
5Suns
Suns
10/13/1972
1
1
201
PHX PHX
vs
MIL MIL
L
105-117
240
105
42
19
43
97
44.3
19
27
70.4
48.2
23
27
6Suns
Suns
10/10/1973
0
1
195
PHX PHX
vs
SEA SEA
W
115-111
240
115
48
30
6
3
43
88
48.9
29
37
78.4
55.1
14
34
22
23
7Suns
Suns
10/17/1974
0
1
203
PHX PHX
vs
SEA SEA
W
114-97
240
114
49
26
7
7
40
82
48.8
34
43
79.1
56.5
12
37
25
23
8Suns
Suns
10/25/1975
0
1
201
PHX PHX
@
POR POR
W
89-88
240
89
45
26
14
1
30
88
34.1
29
32
90.6
43.6
14
31
26
9Suns
Suns
10/22/1976
1
1
137
PHX PHX
@
NOJ NOJ
L
98-111
240
98
43
15
9
3
40
86
46.5
18
28
64.3
49.8
15
28
34
10Suns
Suns
10/18/1977
0
1
190
PHX PHX
vs
GSW GSW
W
100-83
240
100
55
25
18
8
42
103
40.8
16
26
61.5
43.7
19
36
20
22
11Suns
Suns
10/13/1978
0
1
181
PHX PHX
vs
SDC SDC
W
128-114
240
128
41
29
14
5
50
85
58.8
28
35
80.0
63.7
16
25
34
26
12Suns
Suns
10/12/1979
0
1
147
PHX PHX
vs
GSW GSW
W
97-89
240
97
47
22
8
2
34
79
43.0
4
6
66.7
25
28
89.3
53.1
12
35
25
32
13Suns
Suns
10/10/1980
0
1
177
PHX PHX
vs
GSW GSW
W
121-101
240
121
43
28
10
3
47
85
55.3
0
1
0.0
27
36
75.0
60.0
15
28
21
27
14Suns
Suns
10/30/1981
1
1
193
PHX PHX
@
POR POR
L
95-103
240
95
43
24
7
3
39
82
47.6
2
2
100.0
15
23
65.2
51.6
12
31
18
29
15Suns
Suns
10/29/1982
0
1
179
PHX PHX
@
SDC SDC
W
113-99
240
113
56
18
15
6
43
92
46.7
0
1
0.0
27
37
73.0
52.2
15
41
19
31
16Suns
Suns
10/29/1983
1
1
187
PHX PHX
@
DAL DAL
L
103-120
240
103
41
27
9
3
41
86
47.7
0
1
0.0
21
24
87.5
53.3
14
27
25
31
17Suns
Suns
10/26/1984
0
1
153
PHX PHX
@
GSW GSW
W
122-114
240
122
37
32
10
2
47
80
58.8
1
2
50.0
27
35
77.1
63.9
9
28
23
33
18Suns
Suns
10/25/1985
1
1
184
PHX PHX
@
POR POR
L
123-128
265
123
54
32
13
7
47
102
46.1
2
10
20.0
27
42
64.3
51.0
22
32
27
37
19Suns
Suns
10/31/1986
0
1
200
PHX PHX
vs
GSW GSW
W
127-123
240
127
50
29
9
10
49
92
53.3
0
0
29
36
80.6
58.9
14
36
23
19
20Suns
Suns
11/6/1987
1
1
201
PHX PHX
@
POR POR
L
104-118
240
104
38
29
12
2
42
84
50.0
0
4
0.0
20
24
83.3
55.0
11
27
27
31
21Suns
Suns
11/4/1988
1
1
193
PHX PHX
@
POR POR
L
105-120
240
105
46
19
6
2
38
95
40.0
0
6
0.0
29
41
70.7
46.4
17
29
18
28
22Suns
Suns
11/3/1989
0
1
158
PHX PHX
vs
GSW GSW
W
136-106
240
136
48
32
12
3
49
96
51.0
3
6
50.0
35
42
83.3
59.4
16
32
17
29
23Suns
Suns
11/2/1990
0
1
154
PHX PHX
@
UTA UTA
W
119-96
240
119
38
29
15
3
46
91
50.5
0
4
0.0
27
36
75.0
55.7
11
27
12
25
24Suns
Suns
11/1/1991
0
1
182
PHX PHX
@
SEA SEA
W
99-95
240
99
46
21
12
6
39
85
45.9
2
6
33.3
19
28
67.9
50.9
11
35
12
28
25Suns
Suns
11/7/1992
0
1
176
PHX PHX
vs
LAC LAC
W
111-105
240
111
51
19
4
2
34
89
38.2
8
16
50.0
35
39
89.7
52.3
22
29
12
22
Average0.41.0180.7242.2105.345.323.48.84.839.987.245.85.916.934.720.727.974.052.912.332.325.2
Total265810,30214,0456,1082,6301,3574652542,3175,05645.827579234.71,1991,62074.052.96541,7111,462

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Team Rankings

ORTG

114.7

19th

DRTG

118.0

24th

NETRTG

-3.3

22nd

3P%

37.4

12th

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TEAMWLPCTGB
10
Clippers Clippers
3
4
.429
4.5
11
Grizzlies Grizzlies
3
5
.375
5.0
12
Suns Suns
3
5
.375
5.0
13
Kings Kings
2
5
.286
5.5
14
Mavericks Mavericks
2
5
.286
5.5
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
11/6
LAC LAC
@
PHX PHX
9:00 PM
Sat
11/8
PHX PHX
@
LAC LAC
10:30 PM
Mon
11/10
NOP NOP
@
PHX PHX
9:00 PM
Wed
11/12
PHX PHX
@
DAL DAL
8:30 PM
Thu
11/13
IND IND
@
PHX PHX
9:00 PM
Last Game
PHX Suns

3 - 5

107

Final

118

GSW Warriors

5 - 3

Tue 4 Nov 2025

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NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Conference Standings

WesternWLPCTGB
1
Thunder Thunder
8
0
1.000
2
Spurs Spurs
5
1
.833
2.0
3
Lakers Lakers
6
2
.750
2.0
4
Nuggets Nuggets
4
2
.667
3.0
5
Rockets Rockets
4
2
.667
3.0
6
Warriors Warriors
5
3
.625
3.0
EasternWLPCTGB
1
Bulls Bulls
6
1
.857
2
76ers 76ers
5
2
.714
1.0
3
Pistons Pistons
5
2
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1.0
4
Bucks Bucks
5
3
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1.5
5
Heat Heat
4
3
.571
2.0
6
Knicks Knicks
4
3
.571
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Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Mon
10/20
HOU HOU
@
OKC OKC
124-125
Mon
10/20
GSW GSW
@
LAL LAL
119-109
Tue
10/21
CLE CLE
@
NYK NYK
111-119
Tue
10/21
BKN BKN
@
CHA CHA
117-136
Tue
10/21
MIA MIA
@
ORL ORL
121-125

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Wed
11/5
PHI PHI
@
CLE CLE
7:00 PM
Wed
11/5
BKN BKN
@
IND IND
7:00 PM
Wed
11/5
UTA UTA
@
DET DET
7:00 PM
Wed
11/5
WAS WAS
@
BOS BOS
7:30 PM
Wed
11/5
MIN MIN
@
NYK NYK
7:30 PM