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Phoenix Suns vs. Oklahoma City Thunder

January 4, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Suns beat the Thunder 108-105 on 2026-01-04 at home. The Suns started Devin Booker, Royce O'Neale, Dillon Brooks, Mark Williams, and Collin Gillespie. The Thunder started Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Luguentz Dort, Chet Holmgren, Jalen Williams, and Cason Wallace. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Thunder) scored 17 points (6/9) in his matchups, with Royce O'Neale as his primary defender. Devin Booker (Suns) scored 3 points (0/6) in his matchups, with Alex Caruso as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

PHX
Phoenix Suns
Phoenix Suns 108

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Devin Booker GS 38:11 24 6 9 0 0 1 3 5-11 1-4 13-15 +11
Dillon Brooks GS 33:33 22 4 2 0 0 5 5 8-17 2-5 4-4 -8
Royce O'Neale GS 31:31 3 6 3 0 1 2 3 1-8 1-6 0-0 +1
Collin Gillespie GS 25:52 8 3 3 1 0 1 1 3-10 1-7 1-2 +9
Mark Williams GS 21:17 8 6 0 1 0 2 2 3-5 0-0 2-2 -10
Jordan Goodwin 30:47 26 4 0 0 0 1 1 9-16 8-13 0-0 +8
Oso Ighodaro 23:38 5 8 0 0 0 1 3 2-3 0-0 1-4 +14
Ryan Dunn 20:47 9 8 2 0 0 1 1 3-8 3-7 0-0 +2
Jamaree Bouyea 9:28 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 0-0 0-0 0-2 -8
Isaiah Livers 4:56 3 2 1 0 0 1 2 1-1 1-1 0-0 -4
Totals 108 49 21 2 1 15 23 35-79 17-43 21-29

Did not play: Rasheer Fleming (DNP - Coach's Decision), Nigel Hayes-Davis (DNP - Coach's Decision), Khaman Maluach (DNP - Coach's Decision), Nick Richards (DNP - Coach's Decision)

OKC
Oklahoma City Thunder
Oklahoma City Thunder 105

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander GS 35:39 25 0 6 0 0 3 3 8-22 1-5 8-9 -5
Jalen Williams GS 34:29 23 4 7 0 0 4 2 9-13 1-2 4-4 +2
Chet Holmgren GS 32:36 18 9 1 1 3 1 1 8-11 2-5 0-1 +8
Luguentz Dort GS 26:31 13 4 0 1 0 1 5 5-13 3-9 0-0 -5
Cason Wallace GS 17:51 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1-2 1-2 0-0 +6
Ajay Mitchell 27:12 13 2 3 0 0 0 2 4-9 1-3 4-4 +1
Alex Caruso 22:24 2 1 3 0 0 0 1 1-4 0-2 0-0 -10
Aaron Wiggins 19:17 5 4 0 0 1 0 1 2-3 0-1 1-1 -6
Isaiah Joe 10:15 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0-2 0-1 0-0 +5
Branden Carlson 6:59 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-2 0-1 0-0 -10
Kenrich Williams 6:47 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 1-1 1-1 0-0 -1
Totals 105 29 20 2 4 9 20 39-82 10-32 17-19

Did not play: Chris Youngblood (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

PHX
Phoenix Suns
Phoenix Suns

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

OKC
Oklahoma City Thunder
Oklahoma City Thunder

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Suns defense

Defender Guarded most
Devin Booker Luguentz Dort: 29 poss., 6 pts (0/2) · Alex Caruso: 16 poss., 5 pts (2/5)
Dillon Brooks Jalen Williams: 25 poss., 13 pts (5/8) · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 8 poss., 5 pts (1/1)
Royce O'Neale Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jalen Williams: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Goodwin Ajay Mitchell: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Collin Gillespie Ajay Mitchell: 14 poss., 1 pts (0/1) · Cason Wallace: 12 poss., 5 pts (2/4)
Oso Ighodaro Branden Carlson: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Chet Holmgren: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Mark Williams Chet Holmgren: 27 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Luguentz Dort: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ryan Dunn Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Aaron Wiggins: 4 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Jamaree Bouyea Isaiah Joe: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ajay Mitchell: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Isaiah Livers Jalen Williams: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Aaron Wiggins: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Thunder defense

Defender Guarded most
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Ryan Dunn: 18 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Jordan Goodwin: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/5)
Jalen Williams Royce O'Neale: 20 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Dillon Brooks: 16 poss., 7 pts (2/3)
Chet Holmgren Dillon Brooks: 26 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Mark Williams: 14 poss., 8 pts (3/4)
Luguentz Dort Devin Booker: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Mark Williams: 12 poss., 9 pts (3/7)
Ajay Mitchell Jordan Goodwin: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Devin Booker: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Alex Caruso Devin Booker: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Oso Ighodaro: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Cason Wallace Devin Booker: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jordan Goodwin: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Aaron Wiggins Collin Gillespie: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jordan Goodwin: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Isaiah Joe Isaiah Livers: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jamaree Bouyea: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Branden Carlson Oso Ighodaro: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ryan Dunn: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kenrich Williams Oso Ighodaro: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Jordan Goodwin: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)