The Phoenix Suns took the Thunder’s best punches for three quarters, but then stumbled a bit to start the fourth and could never recover.
Russell Westbrook took over at the end of the game and the Suns had no answers.
None.
The Suns had an 84-81 lead after three quarters, but got blasted with a 27-8 run as the Thunder began rolling and the Suns just didn’t have the answers this time.
Coach Igor Kokoskov stayed a bit too long with the second unit, but mostly it was the whole young Suns just finally succumbing to the league’s top-ranked defense playing at the league’s 5th-ranked pace.