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Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Phoenix Suns

November 28, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Thunder beat the Suns 123-119 on 2025-11-28 at home. The Thunder started Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Luguentz Dort, Chet Holmgren, Jalen Williams, and Cason Wallace. The Suns started Devin Booker, Royce O'Neale, Dillon Brooks, Mark Williams, and Collin Gillespie. Devin Booker (Suns) scored 21 points (6/13) in his matchups, with Luguentz Dort as his primary defender. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Thunder) scored 17 points (5/12) in his matchups, with Royce O'Neale as his primary defender.

Box score

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

OKC
Oklahoma City Thunder
Oklahoma City Thunder 123

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander GS 35:43 37 3 8 1 0 1 2 10-20 3-5 14-17 +8
Chet Holmgren GS 32:23 23 8 1 0 0 0 2 8-13 2-5 5-6 +2
Cason Wallace GS 32:22 14 4 3 1 0 0 0 6-9 2-3 0-0 +5
Luguentz Dort GS 29:39 7 2 0 3 1 1 4 3-7 1-4 0-0 +12
Jalen Williams GS 29:03 11 4 8 2 1 1 4 3-12 1-1 4-4 +4
Alex Caruso 24:04 4 7 3 2 1 4 4 2-3 0-0 0-0 -5
Isaiah Joe 23:54 10 4 2 0 0 0 2 4-9 2-5 0-0 +2
Jaylin Williams 21:01 14 4 0 0 0 2 3 5-8 3-6 1-1 -3
Kenrich Williams 7:11 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 1-3 1-2 0-0 -3
Ajay Mitchell 4:41 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0-3 0-1 0-0 -2
Totals 123 37 27 9 3 10 22 42-87 15-32 24-28

Did not play: Branden Carlson (DNP - Coach's Decision), Ousmane Dieng (DNP - Coach's Decision), Chris Youngblood (DNP - Coach's Decision)

PHX
Phoenix Suns
Phoenix Suns 119

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Dillon Brooks GS 38:50 19 3 2 2 0 3 5 6-18 2-9 5-5 -1
Devin Booker GS 38:32 21 8 6 1 1 5 5 5-13 2-7 9-11 -4
Collin Gillespie GS 33:15 24 3 4 1 0 4 1 9-16 6-11 0-0 -8
Royce O'Neale GS 28:54 11 7 1 1 1 1 3 4-10 3-8 0-0 -12
Mark Williams GS 22:22 13 14 0 0 0 4 3 5-9 0-0 3-3 -10
Jordan Goodwin 25:57 14 5 2 1 0 1 1 5-13 1-5 3-4 +6
Oso Ighodaro 21:55 6 6 4 1 1 0 4 3-4 0-0 0-1 +5
Jamaree Bouyea 14:12 9 2 0 0 0 0 1 4-6 1-3 0-0 +2
Nigel Hayes-Davis 12:10 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0-2 0-1 0-0 +3
Nick Richards 3:54 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1-1 0-0 0-0 -1
Totals 119 51 20 7 4 18 24 42-92 15-44 20-24

Did not play: Rasheer Fleming (DNP - Coach's Decision), Khaman Maluach (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

OKC
Oklahoma City Thunder
Oklahoma City Thunder

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

PHX
Phoenix Suns
Phoenix Suns

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.

Thunder defense

Defender Guarded most
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Dillon Brooks: 27 poss., 1 pts (0/2) · Jordan Goodwin: 20 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Chet Holmgren Mark Williams: 20 poss., 4 pts (2/6) · Royce O'Neale: 12 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Cason Wallace Collin Gillespie: 29 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jordan Goodwin: 9 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Luguentz Dort Devin Booker: 25 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Royce O'Neale: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Jalen Williams Devin Booker: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Dillon Brooks: 14 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Alex Caruso Devin Booker: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Nigel Hayes-Davis: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaylin Williams Oso Ighodaro: 22 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Mark Williams: 9 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Isaiah Joe Devin Booker: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jamaree Bouyea: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Kenrich Williams Nigel Hayes-Davis: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jamaree Bouyea: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ajay Mitchell Devin Booker: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Nigel Hayes-Davis: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)

Suns defense

Defender Guarded most
Devin Booker Luguentz Dort: 41 poss., 6 pts (2/5) · Alex Caruso: 13 poss., 5 pts (1/2)
Dillon Brooks Jalen Williams: 25 poss., 2 pts (0/3) · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 15 poss., 3 pts (0/3)
Collin Gillespie Cason Wallace: 33 poss., 11 pts (4/8) · Jalen Williams: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Royce O'Neale Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jalen Williams: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Goodwin Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 16 poss., 7 pts (3/3) · Isaiah Joe: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Oso Ighodaro Jaylin Williams: 22 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Chet Holmgren: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Mark Williams Chet Holmgren: 23 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Jaylin Williams: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Jamaree Bouyea Isaiah Joe: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Alex Caruso: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Nigel Hayes-Davis Kenrich Williams: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Chet Holmgren: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nick Richards Chet Holmgren: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Alex Caruso: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)