The Oklahoma City Thunder visit the Phoenix Suns on January 4, 2026, at PHX Arena in a Western Conference game with clear stakes. Oklahoma City enters.

Phoenix enters a matchup with New York after winning four straight home games. Friday's meeting is the first of the season for the teams. Phoenix is 12-5 at

Ott also provided an injury update on Grayson Allen, who will miss his ninth straight game Jan. 4 with a right knee injury. Allen played a second 5-on-5 before practice Jan. 3, responded well to it, and is on track to play Jan. 5 at Houston in the second of a back-to-back.

Suns guard Jalen Green showed his love for his teammates after dropping an NSFW response following the team's 115-101 win vs the Wizards.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander showed leadership after Oklahoma City’s collapse, choosing respect over excuses following the Suns’ buzzer-beater win.

Rookie Tre Johnson had a career-high 24 points on 9-of-12 shooting for the Wizards. The Suns did a great job defensively on last season's No. 2 overall pick Alex Sarr, who has been having a great season, holding him to only two points.

Devin Booker hit the game-winning 3 over Alex Caruso with 0.7 seconds left. Ajay Mitchell missed a corner 3 at the buzzer for OKC (30-6). Booker was 0-for-3 from 3 before making that last attempt. He finished with 24 points.