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2025-26 · Playoffs · Final

Oklahoma City Thunder at Phoenix Suns

Saturday, April 25, 2026 · tip-off 3:30 PM ET

OKC 3–7@PHX 4–3 records going into the game NBA.com recap ↗

Win probability as a share of the court: OKC 68 percent, PHX 32 percent. OKC Thunder 68% proj. 112 · final 121 PHX Suns · home 32% proj. 105 · final 109
Each team's share of the floor is its pregame win probability. The line starts at midcourt and moves to the split.

Forecast and result

TeamProjectedFinalDifference
OKC Oklahoma City Thunder 112 121 +9
PHX Phoenix Suns (home) 105 109 +4

Forecast: Oklahoma City Thunder to win, 68% win probability, projected margin 7.

Inside the Forecast

How the inputs are built

No saved inputs are stored with this game's forecast.

The result against the forecast

2025-26 surprise games
68%
pregame chance the forecast gave OKC, the winner
OKC was the forecast favorite
5 pts
margin miss
forecast −7, actual −12 for PHX
887th
most surprising result of 2025-26
of 1,309 graded games
901st
largest margin miss of 2025-26
outcome surprise 0.39 nats

Surprise is measured against this model's forecast, not against what other observers expected. Outcome surprise is −ln(winner's pregame probability): 0.69 for a coin flip, 2.3 for a 10% winner.

Team box score

What happened in the game. These numbers are not used by the forecast, and they are not offered as the reason it missed.

Team statOKCPHX
Final score121109
Field goals45–91 · 49.5%38–87 · 43.7%
Three-pointers12–37 · 32.4%13–41 · 31.7%
Free throws19–21 · 90.5%20–23 · 87.0%
Rebounds4339
Assists2325
Turnovers711
Steals62
Blocks62

Where the forecast differed from the result

MeasureForecastActualActual − forecast
Home margin (PHX)−7−12−5
Total points217230+13
OKC points112121+9
PHX points105109+4

Injury report

Official NBA injury report, 2026-04-25 17:30 ET (the latest stored report before the forecast was saved). Two-way and G League assignments are omitted. The model counts players listed Out or Doubtful; Questionable players are treated as available.

Oklahoma City Thunder

  • Out Isaiah Joe · Personal Reasons
  • Out Jalen Williams · Left Hamstring;Strain
  • Out Thomas Sorber

Phoenix Suns

  • Out Jordan Goodwin · Left Calf;Soreness
  • Out Mark Williams

Recent form before this game

Oklahoma City Thunder

DateOpponentResult
Apr 22 vs PHX W 120–107
Apr 19 vs PHX W 119–84
Apr 12 vs PHX L 103–135
Apr 10 at DEN L 107–127
Apr 8 at LAC W 128–110

Phoenix Suns

DateOpponentResult
Apr 22 at OKC L 107–120
Apr 19 at OKC L 84–119
Apr 12 at OKC W 135–103
Apr 10 at LAL L 73–101
Apr 8 vs DAL W 112–107

Previous meetings

DateMatchupScore
Apr 22 2025-26 PHX at OKC PHX 107 – 120 OKC
Apr 19 2025-26 PHX at OKC PHX 84 – 119 OKC
Apr 12 2025-26 PHX at OKC PHX 135 – 103 OKC
Feb 11 2025-26 OKC at PHX OKC 136 – 109 PHX
Jan 4 2025-26 OKC at PHX OKC 105 – 108 PHX