Oklahoma City sweeps Suns
- Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 31 points as the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Phoenix Suns 131-122 on Monday to finish a four-game sweep. - Chet Holmgren added 24 points, and Oklahoma City led by as many as 22 before holding off Phoenix in Game 4. - Oklahoma City became the first 2026 playoff team into the West semifinals. (nba.com)
The Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Phoenix Suns 131-122 on Monday, April 27, to finish a 4-0 first-round sweep. (nba.com) Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 31 points and had eight assists in Game 4, and Chet Holmgren added 24 points for Oklahoma City in Phoenix. (cbssports.com) (espn.com) Oklahoma City scored 37 points in the first quarter and 38 in the second, taking a 75-67 lead into halftime before stretching the margin to 22. Phoenix cut the deficit late, but never got even in the fourth. (nba.com) (foxsports.com) The Thunder were the first team to advance to the second round of the 2026 National Basketball Association playoffs. The defending champions opened this postseason the same way they opened last year’s title run: with a first-round sweep. (sportsnet.ca) (espn.com) NBA.com called it Oklahoma City’s third straight first-round sweep. The Thunder now wait for the winner of the Los Angeles Lakers-Houston Rockets series in the Western Conference semifinals. (nba.com) (golfweek.usatoday.com) Phoenix got 26 points from Devin Booker and 21 from Kevin Durant in the loss, but the Suns gave up at least 119 points in all four games of the series. (cbssports.com) (nba.com) Oklahoma City finished the regular season 64-18, best in the Western Conference, and carried that edge straight through the opening round. Four games later, the Thunder are already done with Phoenix and on to the next bracket. (espn.in) (nba.com)
