Schedule and 2025-26 Results
Regular Season Records: Oklahoma City 64-18, Phoenix 45-37
Game 1 on Sunday, 19 April: Phoenix loses at Oklahoma City, 119-pts-84
Game 2 on Wednesday, 22 April: Phoenix loses at Oklahoma City, 120-pts-107
Game 3 on Saturday, 25 April: Oklahoma City wins at Phoenix, 121-pts-109
Game 4 on Monday, 27 April: Oklahoma City wins at Phoenix, 131-pts-122

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 4: The Oklahoma City Thunder visited and outscored the Phoenix Suns 131-pts-122 to complete a 4-games-nil best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1636 victory. With the series 1636 win, the Oklahoma City Thunder improve their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 16-11 (with an active five-series winning streak befitting a defending NBA champion) overall and 8-5 in the Preliminary round. With the series 1636 loss, the Phoenix Suns see their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record fall to 20-25 overall and 7-4 in the Preliminary round. The win order for the victorious Oklahoma City Thunder in series 1636 was WWWW: Series 1636 thus becomes the 39th NBA Preliminary-round series, the 98th NBA series (all rounds), and the 261st MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. The series 1636 Game 4 victory by the Oklahoma City Thunder extends their best-of-7 NBA playoff Game 4 winning streak to eight consecutive Game 4s. Series 1636 becomes the eleventh pseudo-annihilation in best-of-7 NBA playoff series history, in that the swept Phoenix Suns didn't hold an end-quarter lead in any of the sixteen end-quarters of series 1636; series 1636 is the first best-of-7 NBA playoff series pseudo-annihilation since the Cleveland Cavaliers achieved the feat against the Miami Heat in series 1599, in the 2025 NBA Preliminary round.

After Game 3: The Oklahoma City Thunder visited and defeated the Phoenix Suns 121-pts-109 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1636 lead of 3-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-nil, the Oklahoma City Thunder have a series record of 5-0 and a Game 4 record of 3-2. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-nil, the Phoenix Suns have a series record of 0-7 and a Game 4 record of 4-3. With the Thunder victory, series 1636 becomes the 418th best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series to open with a 3-games-nil lead. Irrespective of previous game outcomes, the Oklahoma City Thunder in best-of-7 NBA playoff Game 4 have an active seven-Game 4 winning streak.

After Game 2: The Oklahoma City Thunder hosted and bested the Phoenix Suns 120-pts-107 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1636 lead of 2-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Oklahoma City Thunder have a series record of 7-0 and a Game 3 record of 5-2. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Phoenix Suns have a series record of 0-15 and a Game 3 record of 8-7. Irrespective of Game 1 outcome, Oklahoma City with its series 1636 Game 2 victory extends its best-of-7 NBA playoff Game 2 winning streak to five consecutive Game 2s.

After Game 1: The Oklahoma City Thunder hosted and defeated the Phoenix Suns 119-pts-84 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1636 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Oklahoma City Thunder have a series record of 9-5 and a Game 2 record of 7-7. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Phoenix Suns have a series record of 5-17 and a Game 2 record of 7-15. Irrespective of Game 1 outcome, the Oklahoma City Thunder have an active four-series winning streak, and an active four-Game 2 winning streak as well. Upon leading a best-of-7 NBA playoff series 1-game-nil, the Oklahoma City Thunder have seen their Game 2 outcome presage their series outcome in their last six such series (three wins, three losses). The series 1636 Game 1 loss by the Phoenix Suns extends their best-of-7 NBA playoff Game 1 losing streak to four consecutive games. Upon trailing a best-of-7 NBA playoff series 1-game-nil, the Phoenix Suns have seen their Game 2 outcome presage their series outcome in their last six such series (two wins, four losses). The 35-point series 1636 Game 1 victory margin ties that achieved by the 2019 Milwaukee Bucks in their NBA Preliminary-round Game 1 for the third-largest victory margin in a best-of-7 NBA Preliminary-round Game 1; the second-largest such margin (38 points) was posted by the 2016 Oklahoma City Thunder; the largest such margin (51 points) was posted by the 2025 Oklahoma City Thunder.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2025-26 NBA regular season, the Oklahoma City Thunder finished 19 games ahead of the Phoenix Suns. From 1947 through the 2025 NBA Finals round, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by 19 regular-season games, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 11-0 (1.000) in those series against those opponents. Best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1636 is the 27th best-of-7 NBA playoff series for the Oklahoma City Thunder, and the 45th for the Phoenix Suns. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the Oklahoma City Thunder have an all-rounds series record of 15-11, a Preliminary-round series record of 7-5, and a Game 1 record of 14-12, while the Phoenix Suns have an all-rounds series record of 20-24, a Preliminary-round series record of 7-3, and a Game 1 record of 22-22. Series 1636 is the first best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Phoenix Suns. In three best-of-7 NBA playoff series against the precursor to the Oklahoma City Thunder (i.e., the old Seattle Supersonics), the Phoenix Suns posted victories in two of those three series.