{"id":720045,"date":"2026-04-11T08:04:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T08:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/720045\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T08:04:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T08:04:15","slug":"oklahoma-city-takes-on-phoenix-seeks-13th-straight-home-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/720045\/","title":{"rendered":"Oklahoma City takes on Phoenix, seeks 13th straight home win"},"content":{"rendered":"

Phoenix Suns<\/a> (44-36, seventh in the Western Conference) vs. Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a> (64-17, first in the Western Conference)<\/p>\n

Oklahoma City; Sunday, 8:30 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n

BOTTOM LINE: Oklahoma City will try to keep its 12-game home win streak alive when the Thunder take on Phoenix.<\/p>\n

The Thunder are 41-10 against conference opponents. Oklahoma City is fifth in the Western Conference in rebounding with 44.2 rebounds. Chet Holmgren<\/a> leads the Thunder with 8.9 boards.<\/p>\n

The Suns have gone 28-22 against Western Conference opponents. Phoenix is fourth in the league with 12.9 offensive rebounds per game led by Mark Williams<\/a> averaging 3.1.<\/p>\n

The Thunder are shooting 48.4% from the field this season, 1.4 percentage points higher than the 47.0% the Suns allow to opponents. The Suns are shooting 45.5% from the field, 1.9% higher than the 43.6% the Thunder’s opponents have shot this season.<\/p>\n

The two teams match up for the fifth time this season. The Thunder defeated the Suns 136-109 in their last meeting on Feb. 12. Jalen Williams<\/a> led the Thunder with 28 points, and Dillon Brooks<\/a> led the Suns with 23 points.<\/p>\n

TOP PERFORMERS: Luguentz Dort<\/a> is averaging 8.4 points for the Thunder. Jared McCain<\/a> is averaging 7.1 points over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

Collin Gillespie<\/a> is scoring 12.7 points per game with 4.1 rebounds and 4.7 assists for the Suns. Oso Ighodaro<\/a> is averaging 8.6 points and 6.0 rebounds while shooting 72.7% over the past 10 games.<\/p>\n

LAST 10 GAMES: Thunder: 8-2, averaging 123.1 points, 45.4 rebounds, 27.3 assists, 9.6 steals and 5.1 blocks per game while shooting 50.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 107.6 points per game.<\/p>\n

Suns: 5-5, averaging 116.8 points, 42.2 rebounds, 24.6 assists, 8.4 steals and 5.6 blocks per game while shooting 46.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 112.3 points.<\/p>\n

INJURIES: Thunder: Isaiah Hartenstein: out (soleus), Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: out (oblique), Alex Caruso<\/a>: out (rest), Isaiah Joe: out (knee), Cason Wallace: out (toe), Ajay Mitchell<\/a>: out (ankle), Thomas Sorber<\/a>: out for season (knee), Chet Holmgren: out (back), Jaylin Williams<\/a>: out (achilles), Jalen Williams: out (hamstring).<\/p>\n

Suns: Devin Booker: out (ankle), Haywood Highsmith: out (knee), Jalen Green: out (knee), Jordan Goodwin<\/a>: out (ankle).<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Phoenix Suns (44-36, seventh in the Western Conference) vs. Oklahoma City Thunder (64-17, first in the Western Conference)…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":50800,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5131],"tags":[137257,6950,5229,5643,1587,7943,21595,7190,255655,3367,36691,143614,58608,177957,15946,37352,1268,40795,1589,1721,148491,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-720045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-phoenix","tag-ajay-mitchell","tag-alex-caruso","tag-america","tag-arizona","tag-az","tag-chet-holmgren","tag-collin-gillespie","tag-dillon-brooks","tag-event_preview","tag-jalen-williams","tag-jared-mccain","tag-jaylin-williams","tag-jordan-goodwin","tag-luguentz-dort","tag-mark-williams","tag-national-basketball-association","tag-oklahoma-city-thunder","tag-oso-ighodaro","tag-phoenix","tag-phoenix-suns","tag-thomas-sorber","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116385039462544304","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/720045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=720045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/720045\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=720045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=720045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=720045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}