The Oklahoma City Thunder did not leave Phoenix any room for a miracle. In Game 4, the defending champions finished their first-round sweep with a 131-122 win over the Suns, becoming the first team to reach the second round of the 2026 NBA playoffs. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led Oklahoma City with 31 points and eight assists, while Chet Holmgren added 24 points and 12 rebounds.
What made the closeout impressive was not that it was flawless. It was that Oklahoma City absorbed a real offensive night from Phoenix and still controlled the terms. Devin Booker scored 24 points, Dillon Brooks and Jalen Green had 23 each, and Collin Gillespie hit six threes on his way to 20 points. The Suns shot well enough to survive in many playoff games. They simply did not defend well enough to survive this opponent.
The Thunder played without Jalen Williams, who was sidelined by a hamstring injury, but their depth again turned absence into inconvenience rather than crisis. Ajay Mitchell scored 22 points with six assists, and Oklahoma City hit 17 threes while shooting 53.7% from the field. That is the brutal part of playing the Thunder right now: even when one pillar is missing, the structure still stands.
For Phoenix, the loss completed a painful postseason exit. The Suns were swept in the first round and have now lost 10 straight playoff games, a stark ending for a team that fought through the play-in only to run into the most complete team in the West. Oklahoma City, meanwhile, now waits for the winner of Lakers-Rockets, having handled its first task with the cold efficiency of a team that expects far more than one round.
