The Phoenix
Myth's immortal bird
The Phoenix is the NBA basketball franchise based in Phoenix, Arizona.
Founded in 1968, the team has been a Western Conference contender across multiple eras: The Phoenix are in the playoffs again.
The name references the mythical bird that rises from ashes—fitting for a desert city named after rebirth. (Lowercase phoenix is the mythological creature.)
- rebirthSpiritual or physical regeneration
- rise from the ashesRecover after seeming destruction
- ashesBurned matter's residue
- flamesVisible burning combustion
- burst into flamesCatch fire suddenly
rising · immortal · firebird · mythical · Greek mythology · resurrection · Arizona · sun · wings · feathers · burning · renewal · new beginning · legend · Harry Potter · Egyptian · basketball · reborn
The Phoenixextinction
Complete vanishing of a species
mortality · oblivion · annihilation · finality · dust
The Phoenixdespair
Total absence of hope
hopelessness · the end · the void · nihilism · apocalypse