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'Fire Vo-gel!': Suns fans chant for coach's firing in lopsided Game 3 loss to T-Wolves

duane rankin, arizona republic
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Some fans started leaving right near the end of the third quarter of Friday night's Game 3 at Footprint Center.

Then a small, but noticeable amount of them started chanting, 'Fire Vo-gel!" as in Suns head coach Frank Vogel.

That's where the Phoenix Suns are right now in facing elimination following their 126-109 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 3 to trail 3-0 in their best-of-7 Western Conference first-round series.

Suns head coach Frank Vogel argues with an official for a traveling call against the Timberwolves during Game 3 of the first round of the NBA Playoffs at the Footprint Center.
Suns head coach Frank Vogel argues with an official for a traveling call against the Timberwolves during Game 3 of the first round of the NBA Playoffs at the Footprint Center.

No NBA team has come back from a 3-0 series deficit. NBA teams are 151-0 when up 3-0 in a series.

At the end of the 2023 season, Mat Ishbia's first year as team owner, the Suns fired Monty Williams, who coached the Suns to three straight playoff appearances, including the 2021 NBA Finals. They then hired Vogel, who coached LeBron James and the Lakers to the 2019-20 NBA championship, but was fired two seasons later by the Lakers.

Ishbia was sitting courtside for Friday's game.

Have opinions about the current state of the Suns? Reach Suns Insider Duane Rankin at dmrankin@gannett.com or contact him at 480-787-1240. Follow him on X, formerly Twitter, at @DuaneRankin.

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This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: Suns fans chant fire Frank Vogel in lopsided Game 3 loss to T-Wolves