Game ID: 22401164
Oklahoma City Thunder @ Phoenix Suns
Wednesday, April 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM ET
PHX Arena, Phoenix, AZ
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
PHX 39 28 26 19 112OKC 29 33 43 20 125
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Welcome to the scouting desk. The coffee is cold, the film is play-by-play, and somebody has to explain what happened.
Every game has a hinge — a stretch where it was decided, usually while everyone was watching something else. Start where the evidence lives: the Lineups' face-offs say which five actually won their minutes; the Possessions ledger says who ran ahead of the night's own pace; the Shot Chart says where the points really came from, which is rarely where the highlights were. When all three agree, that is the story. When they don't — that is why this desk has a chair.
PHX availability going into 4/01 · 1 day's restOUT Beal missed 7 since 3/17, out tonight
BACK Allen back 3/24 after 6, 14 min since (59% of 24)
BACK Plumlee back 3/26 after 3, 11 min since (65% of 18)
BACK Morris back 3/26 after 3, 8 min since (62% of 13)
BACK Bol back 3/26 after 3, 8 min since (63% of 12)
NEW Ighodaro 17 to 26 min over the last 5
NEW Gillespie 14 to 22 min over the last 5
PHX availability going into 4/04 · 2 days' restOUT Beal missed 8 since 3/17, returns tonight: 30 min (94% of 32)
BACK Allen back 3/24 after 6, 18 min since (75% of 24)
BACK Plumlee back 3/26 after 3, 11 min since (65% of 18)
BACK Morris back 3/26 after 3, 8 min since (62% of 13)
BACK Bol back 3/26 after 3, 8 min since (63% of 12)
NEW Gillespie 14 to 24 min over the last 5
PHX availability going into 4/06 · 1 day's restOUT Plumlee missed 2 since 4/01, out tonight
OUT Morris missed 2 since 4/01, out tonight
BACK Beal back 4/04 after 8, 30 min since (94% of 32)
BACK Bol back 3/26 after 3, 6 min since (47% of 12)
NEW Ighodaro 17 to 23 min over the last 5
NEW Gillespie 14 to 23 min over the last 5
PHX availability going into 4/08 · 1 day's restOUT Plumlee missed 3 since 4/01, returns tonight: 12 min (68% of 18)
OUT Morris missed 3 since 4/01, returns tonight: 7 min (53% of 13)
BACK Beal back 4/04 after 8, 32 min since (100% of 32)
NEW Dunn 19 to 25 min over the last 5
NEW Ighodaro 17 to 23 min over the last 5
NEW Gillespie 14 to 23 min over the last 5
PHX availability going into 4/09 · back-to-backOUT Bol missed 2 since 4/06, out tonight
BACK Beal back 4/04 after 8, 30 min since (94% of 32)
BACK Plumlee back 4/08 after 3, 12 min since (68% of 18)
BACK Morris back 4/08 after 3, 7 min since (53% of 13)
NEW Dunn 19 to 25 min over the last 5
NEW Ighodaro 17 to 23 min over the last 5
NEW Gillespie 14 to 23 min over the last 5
PHX availability going into 4/11 · 1 day's restOUT Bol missed 3 since 4/06, out tonight
BACK Beal back 4/04 after 8, 32 min since (101% of 32)
BACK Plumlee back 4/08 after 3, 18 min since (101% of 18)
BACK Morris back 4/08 after 3, 7 min since (53% of 13)
NEW Dunn 19 to 27 min over the last 5
NEW Ighodaro 17 to 24 min over the last 5
NEW Gillespie 14 to 23 min over the last 5
PHX availability going into 4/13 · 1 day's restOUT Morris missed 2 since 4/09, returns tonight: 21 min (165% of 13)
OUT Bol missed 4 since 4/06, returns tonight: 5 min (37% of 12)
BACK Beal back 4/04 after 8, 32 min since (98% of 32)
BACK Plumlee back 4/08 after 3, 17 min since (96% of 18)
NEW Dunn 19 to 29 min over the last 5
NEW Ighodaro 17 to 27 min over the last 5
NEW Gillespie 14 to 20 min over the last 5
OKC availability going into 4/02 · 1 day's restOUT Wiggins missed 4 since 3/25, out tonight
OUT Mitchell missed 41 since 1/05, out tonight
BACK Jal. Williams back 3/27 after 7, 28 min since (84% of 33)
BACK Dort back 3/23 after 3, 30 min since (102% of 29)
NEW K. Williams 15 to 22 min over the last 5
OKC availability going into 4/04 · 1 day's restOUT Wiggins missed 5 since 3/25, returns tonight: 19 min (92% of 21)
OUT Mitchell missed 42 since 1/05, out tonight
BACK Jal. Williams back 3/27 after 7, 29 min since (88% of 33)
NEW Joe 19 to 24 min over the last 5
NEW K. Williams 15 to 22 min over the last 5
OKC availability going into 4/06 · 1 day's restOUT Jay. Williams missed 2 since 4/02, out tonight
OUT Mitchell missed 43 since 1/05, out tonight
BACK Jal. Williams back 3/27 after 7, 30 min since (91% of 33)
BACK Wiggins back 4/04 after 5, 19 min since (92% of 21)
OKC availability going into 4/08 · 1 day's restOUT Jay. Williams missed 3 since 4/02, out tonight
OUT Mitchell missed 44 since 1/05, out tonight
BACK Wiggins back 4/04 after 5, 20 min since (96% of 21)
OKC availability going into 4/09 · back-to-backOUT Jay. Williams missed 4 since 4/02, returns tonight: 24 min (169% of 14)
OUT Mitchell missed 45 since 1/05, out tonight
BACK Wiggins back 4/04 after 5, 18 min since (84% of 21)
OKC availability going into 4/11 · 1 day's restOUT Mitchell missed 46 since 1/05, returns tonight: 18 min (126% of 14)
BACK Wiggins back 4/04 after 5, 21 min since (103% of 21)
BACK Jay. Williams back 4/09 after 4, 24 min since (169% of 14)
OKC availability going into 4/13 · 1 day's restOUT Gilgeous-Alexande missed 2 since 4/09, out tonight
OUT Dort missed 2 since 4/09, out tonight
OUT Hartenstein missed 2 since 4/09, out tonight
OUT Wallace missed 2 since 4/09, out tonight
BACK Wiggins back 4/04 after 5, 24 min since (115% of 21)
BACK Jay. Williams back 4/09 after 4, 25 min since (172% of 14)
BACK Mitchell back 4/11 after 46, 18 min since (126% of 14)
OKC availability going into 4/20 · 6 days' restOUT Gilgeous-Alexande missed 3 since 4/09, returns tonight: 23 min (66% of 35)
OUT Jal. Williams missed 2 since 4/11, returns tonight: 26 min (78% of 33)
OUT Dort missed 3 since 4/09, returns tonight: 22 min (75% of 29)
OUT Holmgren missed 2 since 4/11, returns tonight: 21 min (74% of 28)
OUT Hartenstein missed 3 since 4/09, returns tonight: 21 min (80% of 26)
OUT Wallace missed 3 since 4/09, returns tonight: 13 min (48% of 26)
OUT Caruso missed 2 since 4/11, returns tonight: 12 min (57% of 21)
BACK Jay. Williams back 4/09 after 4, 17 min since (120% of 14)
BACK Mitchell back 4/11 after 46, 18 min since (126% of 14)
NEW Wiggins 21 to 27 min over the last 5
NEW Joe 19 to 26 min over the last 5
NEW K. Williams 15 to 24 min over the last 5
OKC availability going into 4/22 · 1 day's restBACK Gilgeous-Alexande back 4/20 after 3, 23 min since (66% of 35)
BACK Jal. Williams back 4/20 after 2, 26 min since (78% of 33)
BACK Dort back 4/20 after 3, 22 min since (75% of 29)
BACK Holmgren back 4/20 after 2, 21 min since (74% of 28)
BACK Hartenstein back 4/20 after 3, 21 min since (80% of 26)
BACK Wallace back 4/20 after 3, 13 min since (48% of 26)
BACK Caruso back 4/20 after 2, 12 min since (57% of 21)
BACK Jay. Williams back 4/09 after 4, 18 min since (122% of 14)
BACK Mitchell back 4/11 after 46, 17 min since (118% of 14)
NEW Wiggins 21 to 28 min over the last 5
NEW Joe 19 to 26 min over the last 5
NEW K. Williams 15 to 24 min over the last 5
I Know — the desk, before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Phoenix comes in 0-5 over its last five, scoring 106 a night and allowing 130, shooting 44 percent and 29 from three, 17 free throws a game; Booker at 33 and Allen at 13 a game. That is 5 straight losses. It has lost the glass by 7 a night. Second night of a back-to-back. OKC comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 122 a night and allowing 118, shooting 48 percent and 40 from three, 20 free throws a game; Gilgeous-Alexander at 30 and Jal. Williams at 24 a game. It has lost the glass by 4 a night. Second night of a back-to-back.
So: OKC wins, on the road, and the game turns on the arc, OKC at 40 percent from three to Phoenix's 29 and the defense, OKC allowing 118 a night to Phoenix's 130. Call it OKC 121, Phoenix 113.
4/01 @ MIL 123-133 — PHX notes
PHX lost 123-133. PHX took 18 more shots (92 to 74), fed by 15 offensive rebounds, but shot 48% to MIL's 69%, 18 of 45 from three, and went to the line 21 times to MIL's 15 — 17 points from the stripe to their 14. PHX turned it over 13 times to MIL's 18. Booker led with 39 (14 of 32, 3 of 11 from three, 8 of 8 at the line); Allen added 23, Gillespie 18. Q2 was theirs, 38-29, the deficit cut from 12 to 3, but the other 3 periods went 104-85 against them. Booker's -20 in 43 minutes was the worst on the floor.
4/04 @ BOS 103-123 — PHX notes
PHX lost 103-123. PHX shot 44% (41 of 93) to BOS's 52%, 12 of 37 from three, and got to the line 11 times to BOS's 22. Booker led with 37 (15 of 29, 2 of 6 from three); Ighodaro added 12, O'Neale 12. Q3 was theirs, 28-30, but the other 3 periods went 93-75 against them. Beal's -23 in 30 minutes was the worst on the floor.
4/06 @ NYK 98-112 — PHX notes
PHX lost 98-112. PHX took 18 more shots (92 to 74), fed by 15 offensive rebounds, but shot 42% to NYK's 54%, 4 of 34 from three. Booker led with 40 (16 of 29, 2 of 7 from three, 6 of 7 at the line); Beal added 16, Allen 15. Q4 was theirs, 28-25, the deficit cut from 17 to 14, but the other 3 periods went 87-70 against them. Beal's -12 in 34 minutes was the worst on the floor.
4/08 vs GSW 95-133 — PHX notes
PHX lost 95-133. PHX shot 40% (35 of 88) to GSW's 48%, 12 of 43 from three, and got to the line 15 times to GSW's 34. The glass went 41-57 against them. Booker led with 21 (7 of 17, 0 of 5 from three, 7 of 7 at the line); Dunn added 12, Allen 12. Q4 was theirs, 34-38, but the other 3 periods went 95-61 against them. Booker's -32 in 30 minutes was the worst on the floor.
4/09 vs OKC 112-125 — PHX notes
PHX lost 112-125. PHX shot 48% (42 of 87) to OKC's 52%, 15 of 42 from three, and got to the line 19 times to OKC's 27. Beal led with 25 (8 of 17, 4 of 8 from three); Booker added 20, Gillespie 17. Q1 was theirs, 39-29, but the other 3 periods went 96-73 against them. They led by as many as 15. Allen's -21 in 23 minutes was the worst on the floor.
4/11 vs SAS — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Phoenix comes in 0-5 over its last five, scoring 106 a night and allowing 125, shooting 44 percent and 30 from three, 17 free throws a game; Booker at 31 and Allen at 12 a game. That is 5 straight losses. It has lost the glass by 7 a night. One day's rest. San Antonio comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 113 a night and allowing 115, shooting 46 percent and 37 from three, 18 free throws a game; Barnes at 21 and Castle at 20 a game. It has lost the glass by 5 a night. One day's rest.
So: San Antonio wins, on the road, and the game turns on the defense, San Antonio allowing 115 a night to Phoenix's 125 and the arc, San Antonio at 37 percent from three to Phoenix's 30. Call it San Antonio 116, Phoenix 114, Phoenix keeping it close.
4/13 @ SAC — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Sacramento comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 118 a night and allowing 111, shooting 49 percent and 41 from three, 21 free throws a game; LaVine at 32 and DeRozan at 25 a game. One day's rest. Phoenix comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 105 a night and allowing 118, shooting 44 percent and 31 from three, 15 free throws a game; Booker at 27 and Beal at 14 a game. It has lost the glass by 5 a night. One day's rest.
So: Sacramento wins, and the game turns on the arc, Sacramento at 41 percent from three to Phoenix's 31 and the glass, where Sacramento has been plus-3 a night and Phoenix minus-5. Call it Sacramento 118, Phoenix 111.
4/02 vs DET 119-103 — OKC notes
OKC won 119-103. OKC shot 44% (42 of 96) to DET's 40%, 10 of 38 from three, and went to the line 31 times to DET's 25 — 25 points from the stripe to their 21. OKC turned it over 10 times to DET's 18. Gilgeous-Alexander led with 33 (10 of 26, 2 of 7 from three, 11 of 12 at the line); Jal. Williams added 23, Holmgren 22. The hinge was Q1, 41-27: from level to 14 ahead, and the lead reached 17. Gilgeous-Alexander was the night's best plus/minus at +30.
4/04 @ HOU 111-125 — OKC notes
OKC lost 111-125. OKC shot 48% (43 of 89) to HOU's 49%, 13 of 35 from three, and got to the line 15 times to HOU's 26. The glass went 33-48 against them. J. Williams led with 33 (13 of 21, 2 of 3 from three, 5 of 6 at the line); Gilgeous-Alexander added 22, Holmgren 20. Q3 was theirs, 32-27, the deficit cut from 16 to 11, but the other 3 periods went 98-79 against them. K. Williams's -15 in 14 minutes was the worst on the floor.
4/06 vs LAL 99-126 — OKC notes
OKC lost 99-126. OKC shot 43% (39 of 90) to LAL's 55%, 12 of 37 from three. OKC turned it over 7 times to LAL's 15. Gilgeous-Alexander led with 26 (12 of 23, 2 of 5 from three); Jal. Williams added 16, Holmgren 10. Q4 was theirs, 22-23, but the other 3 periods went 103-77 against them. Wallace's -23 in 28 minutes was the worst on the floor.
4/08 vs LAL 136-120 — OKC notes
OKC won 136-120. OKC shot 50% (52 of 104) to LAL's 46%, 18 of 37 from three, and got to the line 20 times to LAL's 37. OKC turned it over 6 times to LAL's 18. Gilgeous-Alexander led with 42 (14 of 26, 5 of 9 from three, 9 of 11 at the line); J. Williams added 26, Dort 17. The hinge was Q4, 39-22: OKC came in trailing by 1 and left it ahead by 16, and the lead reached 20. J. Williams was the night's best plus/minus at +18.
4/09 @ PHX 125-112 — OKC notes
OKC won 125-112. OKC shot 52% (45 of 86) to PHX's 48%, 12 of 30 from three, and went to the line 27 times to PHX's 19 — 23 points from the stripe to their 13. Jal. Williams led with 33 (13 of 23, 2 of 6 from three, 5 of 6 at the line); Holmgren added 22, Caruso 19. The hinge was Q3, 43-26: OKC came in trailing by 5 and left it ahead by 12, and the lead reached 20. OKC trailed 62-67 at the half and won the second half 63-45. Caruso was the night's best plus/minus at +23.
4/11 @ UTA — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Utah comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 118 a night and allowing 133, shooting 44 percent and 33 from three, 22 free throws a game; Sexton at 22 and George at 20 a game. It has lost the glass by 5 a night. Without Kessler (3 straight), Martin (3 straight). One day's rest. OKC comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 118 a night and allowing 117, shooting 48 percent and 37 from three, 21 free throws a game; Gilgeous-Alexander at 31 and Jal. Williams at 26 a game. One day's rest.
So: OKC wins, on the road, and the game turns on the defense, OKC allowing 117 a night to Utah's 133 and the turnovers, Utah giving it away 13 times a game to OKC's 10. Call it OKC 122, Utah 115.
4/13 @ NOP — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
New Orleans comes in 0-5 over its last five, scoring 109 a night and allowing 129, shooting 45 percent and 36 from three, 21 free throws a game; Alvarado at 19 and Reeves at 17 a game. That is 5 straight losses. Without Missi (2 straight), Brown (2 straight). One day's rest. OKC comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 123 a night and allowing 119, shooting 50 percent and 41 from three, 17 free throws a game; Gilgeous-Alexander at 30 and Jal. Williams at 27 a game. That is 3 straight wins. It has lost the glass by 6 a night. Without Gilgeous-Alexander (2 straight), Dort (2 straight), Hartenstein (2 straight). One day's rest.
So: OKC wins, on the road, and the game turns on the turnovers, New Orleans giving it away 15 times a game to OKC's 10 and the defense, OKC allowing 119 a night to New Orleans's 129. Call it OKC 121, New Orleans 113.
4/20 vs MEM — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
OKC comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 124 a night and allowing 114, shooting 49 percent and 37 from three, 20 free throws a game; Jal. Williams at 25 and Wiggins at 17 a game. That is 4 straight wins. Without Gilgeous-Alexander (3 straight), Jal. Williams (2 straight), Dort (3 straight). 6 days' rest. Memphis comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 120 a night and allowing 112, shooting 47 percent and 36 from three, 22 free throws a game; Morant at 28 and Bane at 27 a game. It has won the glass by 6 a night. 6 days' rest.
So: OKC wins, and the game turns on the glass, where Memphis has been plus-6 a night and OKC minus-1 and the turnovers, Memphis giving it away 13 times a game to OKC's 9. Call it OKC 119, Memphis 115, Memphis keeping it close.
4/22 vs MEM — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
OKC comes in 5-0 over its last five, scoring 130 a night and allowing 105, shooting 50 percent and 37 from three, 20 free throws a game; Jal. Williams at 26 and Wiggins at 21 a game. That is 5 straight wins. One day's rest. Memphis comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 114 a night and allowing 117, shooting 45 percent and 34 from three, 19 free throws a game; Morant at 26 and Bane at 20 a game. One day's rest.
So: OKC wins, and the game turns on the defense, OKC allowing 105 a night to Memphis's 117 and the turnovers, Memphis giving it away 15 times a game to OKC's 10. Call it OKC 123, Memphis 110, OKC by 13.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
OKCAC A. Caruso
AF A. Flagler
AW A. Wiggins
CH C. Holmgren
DJ D. Jones
IJ I. Joe
JW J. Williams
JW Jal. Williams
JW Jay. Williams
KW K. Williams
PHXBB B. Beal
CG C. Gillespie
DB D. Booker
DL D. Lee
GA G. Allen
JB J. Bridges
MP M. Plumlee
OI O. Ighodaro
RD R. Dunn
RO R. O'Neale
TJ T. Jones
TW T. Washington Jr.
OKC/PHX the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
END the clock ran out, ball in hand
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur
Jalen Williams scores 33 to lead Thunder past Suns, who were eliminated from playoff race
PHOENIX -- — Jalen Williams scored 33 points, Chet Holmgren added 22 and the short-handed Oklahoma City Thunder beat Phoenix 125-112 on Wednesday night, eliminating the Suns from the playoff race.
Phoenix will miss the playoffs for the first time since 2020 despite having a roster that included the high-priced All-Star trio of Kevin Durant , Devin Booker and Bradley Beal .
The Thunder have already wrapped up the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference playoffs and were without several key players on Wednesday, including All-Star guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander , defensive star Luguentz Dort and center Isaiah Hartenstein .
That didn't stop them from topping the Suns, who have lost eight straight.
Oklahoma City trailed for nearly the entire first half but rallied in the third quarter for a 105-93 advantage entering the fourth. Williams — who played high school basketball in suburban Phoenix — shot 13 of 23 from the field.
The Suns were led by Beal's 25 points. Booker added 20 points and 14 assists. Durant missed the game with a sprained ankle suffered last week.
Takeaways Thunder: Oklahoma City won its 66th game of the season without three of its best players. The Thunder have won 21 of their past 23 and are just trying to stay heatlhy as the playoffs approach.
Suns: A miserable season will end without a trip to the postseason. Phoenix entered the season with championship aspirations, but the Durant-Booker-Beal combo never completely gelled and the supporting cast was inconsistent. First-year coach Mike Budenholzer might not be around to lead the team for a second as an offseason of upheavel looms.
Key moment The Thunder ended the third quarter on a 12-2 run to take control.
Key stat After starting the season with an 8-1 record, the Suns are 27-44.
Up next The Thunder are on the road against the Jazz and the Suns host the Spurs on Friday night.