Phoenix Suns vs Oklahoma City Thunder Prediction, Preview and Odds - 04/22/2026

Game Time: 9:30 pm ET, Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Venue:  Paycom Center, Oklahoma City, OK

Where to Watch:  ESPN

DraftKings:  Point Spread:  Suns +17.5, Thunder -17.5; Over/Under:  213.5 points

Bet365:  Point Spread:  Suns +17.5, Thunder -17.5; Over/Under:  213.5 points

BetMGM:  Point Spread:  Suns +17.5, Thunder -17.5; Over/Under:  214.5 points

Phoenix Suns:  45-37 (2nd place, Pacific Division)

Oklahoma City Thunder:  64-18 (1st place, Northwest Division)

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Phoenix Suns:  4-6 last 10

Oklahoma City Thunder:  8-2 last 10

The Suns are entering the playoffs with a 45-37 record overall this season and they were 20-21 in their road games where they will be in this game. They are entering this game off a loss against the Oklahoma City Thunder. Devin Booker led the team in points in that game with 23 while Dillon Brooks was next on the team with 18 points. Oso Ighodaro and Royce O'Neale each led the team in assists in that game with 3 while Oso Ighodaro led the team in rebounds with 9. They were 34.9% from the field, 33.3% from 3-point range, and 72.2% from the free throw line with their shots in that game. Their offense is averaging 112.6 PPG and their defense is allowing their opponents to average 111.1 PPG against them. The Suns have an ATS record of 48-37 this season and their O/U record is 37-48.

The Thunder are entering the playoffs with a 64-18 record overall this season and they were 34-7 in their home games where they will be in this game. They are entering this game off a win against the Phoenix Suns. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led the team in points in that game with 25 while Jalen Williams was next on the team with 22 points. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led the team in assists in that game with 7 while Isaiah Hartenstein led the team in rebounds with 8. They were 45.2% from the field, 30.4% from 3-point range, and 91.3% from the free throw line with their shots in that game. Their offense is averaging 119 PPG and their defense is allowing their opponents to average 107.9 PPG against them. The Thunder have an ATS record of 40-43 this season and their O/U record is 43-40.

The current betting odds have the Thunder listed as a 17.5 point favorite in this game according to Draftkings Sportsbook. The Thunder have looked great in their games this season with their 64-18 record overall which had them right at the top of the West with the best record in the entire NBA. They have looked great on their home court too with their 34-7 home record this season. Meanwhile, the Suns have looked good in their games this season with their 45-37 record overall which had them right in the middle of the West. They haven't been a good road team though with their 20-21 road record this year. This is game 2 of a 7-game series between the 1 seeded Thunder and the 8 seeded Suns in the West for the 1st round of the NBA playoffs. The Thunder are entering this game with a 1-0 series lead after winning game 1 by a score of 119-84. The Thunder ended the regular season with a loss at home to the Suns in a game that they were resting most of their starters in, but the Thunder made sure to repay them in game 1. They bounced back with a crushing win over the Suns, not even giving up 90 points in the game, and they are 8-2 in their last 10 games. The Thunder have been the best team in the NBA all season with many double digit wins under their belt and they are also the defending champions, so they aren't going to go down easily. The Suns have been a solid team in the West this season, but lately they haven't looked that good. They are 4-6 in their last 10 games and they have looked off over the last month of the regular season. They even had a chance to earn the 7th seed in the play-in tournament and play the Spurs instead, but they blew that opportunity with a home loss to the Trail Blazers and had to salvage things in their next game with a home win over the limping Warriors. The Suns have been a nice story this season as they weren't expected to be this good, but they have been overachieving for most of the year and now they really haven't been playing their best over the last month as the wheels have been coming off for a while now. The best way to place a bet here is on the Thunder to cover the spread in this game. 

Suns Thunder Prediction:  Our NBA Pick for Wednesday, April 22, 2026 (9:30 pm ET start time) is Thunder 127 Suns 103.

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Phoenix Suns: 0-5 ATS in the first round of the playoffs. 4-8 ATS as an underdog of 10 or more points. 23-34 ATS against Northwest division opponents. 35-22 OVER against Northwest division opponents. 13-6 OVER in a road game where the total is 210 to 219.5.

Oklahoma City Thunder: 35-19 ATS against Pacific division opponents. 29-13 ATS as a home favorite of 12.5 to 18 points. 26-19 ATS off a home blowout win by 20 points or more. 5-1 OVER in the 2nd game of a playoff series. 23-16 OVER versus teams who average 9 or more steals/game on the season.

Phoenix Suns:  J. Goodwin (PG) Day To Day - Calf. M. Williams (C) Day To Day - Foot.

Oklahoma City Thunder:  T. Sorber (C) Out For Season - Knee.

“We’ll bounce back. We understand there’s some things to clean up, so a couple of these days we’ll use to clean up, then we’ll go back out there and be ready to go Wednesday night.” - Jordan Ott after his team’s loss against the OKC Thunder in the 1st game of this series on Sunday. 

“Yeah, I mean they’re a good jump shooting team, so I would expect them to make more of the open ones as we go through the series. I didn’t think they shot it great tonight relative to how they normally do, but I did think we were on it. We took a lot of the easy stuff away, made them earn everything, and when you do that, you give yourself a chance to have a night like tonight where the jump shots don’t go in because they’re over contested. So I thought generally we were pretty good.” - Mark Daigneault after his team’s win against the Suns in game 1 of this series on Sunday.

PG Devin Booker

SG Jalen Green

SF Jordan Goodwin

PF Dillon Brooks

C Mark Williams

PG Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

SG Luguentz Dort

SF Jalen Williams

PF Chet Holmgren

C Isaiah Hartenstein

PPG: Devin Booker (26.1)

APG: Devin Booker (6)

Reb/G: Mark Williams (8)

PPG: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (31.1)

APG: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (6.6)

Reb/G: Isaiah Hartenstein (9.4)

Coaches:

Phoenix Suns: Jordan Ott (1st season)

Oklahoma City Thunder: Mark Daigneault (6th season)