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Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Phoenix Suns

April 12, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Suns beat the Thunder 135-103 on 2026-04-12 on the road against the Thunder. The Thunder started Luguentz Dort, Aaron Wiggins, Nikola Topić, Jared McCain, and Branden Carlson. The Suns started Amir Coffey, Jamaree Bouyea, Oso Ighodaro, Ryan Dunn, and Rasheer Fleming. Koby Brea (Suns) scored 13 points (5/7) in his matchups, with Payton Sandfort as his primary defender. Nikola Topić (Thunder) scored 20 points (8/12) in his matchups, with Rasheer Fleming as his primary defender.

Box score

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

OKC
Oklahoma City Thunder
Oklahoma City Thunder 103

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Branden Carlson GS 42:14 26 10 1 2 5 1 0 10-20 5-10 1-2 -18
Nikola Topić GS 39:21 18 4 14 0 0 5 3 8-16 2-5 0-3 -18
Aaron Wiggins GS 26:59 3 2 5 1 1 2 1 1-7 1-3 0-0 -22
Jared McCain GS 24:47 9 4 2 1 0 1 1 4-13 0-4 1-2 -29
Luguentz Dort GS 20:08 6 1 1 2 0 0 0 2-6 2-5 0-0 -28
Kenrich Williams 32:52 13 9 8 0 0 1 2 5-12 2-6 1-2 -26
Payton Sandfort 28:07 23 4 0 1 0 0 1 9-13 5-9 0-0 +3
Brooks Barnhizer 25:32 5 2 1 2 1 0 0 2-8 1-4 0-0 -22
Totals 103 36 32 9 7 10 8 41-95 18-46 3-9

Did not play: Isaiah Joe (DND - Injury/Illness), Ajay Mitchell (DND - Injury/Illness), Cason Wallace (DND - Injury/Illness), Jaylin Williams (DND - Injury/Illness)

PHX
Phoenix Suns
Phoenix Suns 135

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Jamaree Bouyea GS 39:41 27 5 9 1 2 4 1 12-23 3-8 0-2 +37
Rasheer Fleming GS 38:00 16 6 2 2 1 2 2 6-13 4-7 0-0 +20
Amir Coffey GS 26:50 17 3 3 0 0 1 0 7-14 3-6 0-0 +20
Ryan Dunn GS 24:33 20 11 5 0 1 1 0 8-11 2-3 2-3 +22
Oso Ighodaro GS 13:32 2 6 5 0 2 1 0 1-3 0-0 0-0 +16
CJ Huntley 29:15 10 4 1 1 0 0 1 5-8 0-2 0-0 +16
Khaman Maluach 29:01 18 14 0 1 2 1 3 8-15 2-5 0-0 +14
Koby Brea 28:40 20 5 3 0 0 1 1 7-11 6-9 0-0 +13
Haywood Highsmith 10:28 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 2-3 0-1 1-1 +2
Totals 135 54 28 5 8 11 9 56-101 20-41 3-6

Did not play: Collin Gillespie (DND - Injury/Illness), Jordan Goodwin (DND - Injury/Illness), Jalen Green (DND - Injury/Illness), Mark Williams (DND - Injury/Illness)

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
Branden Carlson Khaman Maluach: 32 poss., 17 pts (7/14) · Oso Ighodaro: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Nikola Topić Jamaree Bouyea: 27 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Rasheer Fleming: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Kenrich Williams CJ Huntley: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/5) · Rasheer Fleming: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Payton Sandfort Koby Brea: 26 poss., 11 pts (4/4) · Jamaree Bouyea: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/4)
Aaron Wiggins Amir Coffey: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jamaree Bouyea: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Brooks Barnhizer CJ Huntley: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Rasheer Fleming: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jared McCain Ryan Dunn: 19 poss., 4 pts (2/6) · Amir Coffey: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Luguentz Dort Rasheer Fleming: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Amir Coffey: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)

Suns defense

Defender Guarded most
Jamaree Bouyea Jared McCain: 21 poss., 5 pts (2/5) · Nikola Topić: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Rasheer Fleming Nikola Topić: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Kenrich Williams: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Khaman Maluach Branden Carlson: 33 poss., 9 pts (4/11) · Nikola Topić: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
CJ Huntley Brooks Barnhizer: 13 poss., 6 pts (3/3) · Kenrich Williams: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Koby Brea Payton Sandfort: 17 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Nikola Topić: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Amir Coffey Luguentz Dort: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Aaron Wiggins: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Ryan Dunn Jared McCain: 12 poss., 8 pts (3/3) · Luguentz Dort: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Oso Ighodaro Branden Carlson: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Luguentz Dort: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Haywood Highsmith Nikola Topić: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Kenrich Williams: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)