Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 28 points and the OKC Thunder rolled to a 138-89 win against the Phoenix Suns in the NBA Cup quarterfinals on Wednesday.

The Phoenix Suns’ win over Washington won’t live forever on highlight reels, but it deserves a deeper dive than the final score suggests. This was a game about control with emotional, tactical, and psychological moments,

Video highlights of Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James who hit the game-winning free throws against the Phoenix Suns.

The Oklahoma City Thunder will host the Phoenix Suns on Friday. This is the first matchup of the season between the two squads. It also counts toward the 2025 NBA Cup West Group A standings.

A Collin Gillespie triple cut the lead back down to 10 with just over 10 minutes left in the ballgame. A step-back jumper from Dillon Brooks made it an 8-point game. A Mark Williams putback slam made it a 7-0 Suns run to get them right back in the game, trailing 97-92.

View the Denver Nuggets vs. Phoenix Suns game played on November 29, 2025. Box score, stats, play-by-play timeline, highlights, odds & more

PHOENIX — The ultimate achievement of Sunday’s 116-114 theatrical Phoenix Suns loss to the Los Angeles Lakers wasn’t how they lost or even how they roared back inside the game’s chaos. It was how a rivalry going back decades has now been reignited to a peak temperature we haven’t seen in many years.

The Phoenix Suns led by as many as 32 points in their 132-108 win on Dec. 23 over the Los Angeles Lakers at Mortgage Matchup Center.

The Wizards’ defensive game plan against the Phoenix Suns was straightforward: make life tough for Devin Booker, and make Someone Else generate offense. The plan worked — Booker needed 23 shots to score 22 points and produced an offensive rating (individual points produced per possession used x 100) of just 97 (league average is 115.