PHOENIX (3TV / CBS 5) – The Friday afternoon rush at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport included a trip back in time for four sisters from Missouri. You were in town to watch the first two games of the NBA Finals, which were very special for the family. Her uncle is former head coach Cotton Fitzsimmons. Get to know the Gilbert man behind the self-made action figure “Suns in 4”. Fitzsimmons was two-time NBA Coach of the Year and took the Suns on two trips to the Western Conference Finals. But for Joanie, Nancy, Lisa and Vonda he will always only be “Uncle Cotton”. “He picked up the phone and went ‘sister’ to my mother,” recalls Joanie Lovell. “And she would say, ‘Yes, brother?’ It’s a family and they were a very close family. “From fishing trips every summer in Missouri to weekends with their aunt and uncle, the sisters say their aunt Joann surprised them with tickets to the games.” Aunt Joann texted Joanie and said: ‘Hey, I’m thinking of getting tickets for games 1 and 2. Do you think you and your sisters would like to come with us? “Said Vonda Sorrentino.” And who says no? I said ‘Of course!’ “The sisters grew up playing basketball and went to many NBA games because of their uncle. (Source: Joanie Lovell) They tell Arizona’s family that Fitzsimmons loved Arizona sports and at one point had season tickets to the Arizona Diamondbacks. They say the coach never met a stranger. “He took tickets with him on game days and just happened to give them to them People, “said Sorrentino.” You know, he never turned anyone away. When he was out to dinner, he and Aunt Joann and someone came up to him and asked for an autograph, he never turned them away. Never. “Suns Nuns: Pennsylvania Monastery Cheers Cam Johnson During NBA Finals The sisters grew up playing basketball and went to many NBA games because of their uncle, but say the last NBA finals were the best. “It was amazing – the atmosphere, the energy, ”said Lisa Law. “It was a once in a lifetime experience. It was just unreal.” Copyright 2021 KPHO / KTVK (KPHO Rundfunkgesellschaft). All rights reserved.
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