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Ajay Mitchell scored a career-high 30 points and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander added 26 as the short-handed Thunder beat the Suns 125-114 to move to 4-0.
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Ajay Mitchell scored a career-high 30 points, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander added 26, and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Phoenix Suns 125-114 at Paycom Center on Monday, October 26, to stay unbeaten at 4-0. The Thunder played without Jalen Williams, Chet Holmgren and Cason Wallace. Phoenix fell to 1-2.
Mitchell shot 10-of-16, made 9 of 10 free throws and had 5 assists. He scored 13 of his points in the first quarter. Gilgeous-Alexander shot 11-of-18 and scored 20 of his 26 in the second and third quarters. Jared McCain had 18 points with four threes, and Isaiah Hartenstein had 15 points on 6-of-7 shooting with 13 rebounds.
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How it turned
The teams traded threes late in the first quarter, and it was 24-24 after two Duop Reath free throws with 1:53 left. Oklahoma City scored the next nine points, seven of them by Mitchell, and led 33-27 after one. Phoenix was within 45-44 midway through the second before the Thunder went on a 16-3 run, and they led 67-53 at halftime.
The Suns never led after the first quarter. Gilgeous-Alexander scored 10 points in the third, eight of them in a stretch of under three minutes, and Oklahoma City took a 99-85 lead into the fourth. Early in the fourth, a 12-2 run that included an Aday Mara tip-in and a Jaylin Williams three pushed the lead to 117-95 with 6:08 left, its biggest of the night.
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The numbers
Oklahoma City made 25 of 29 free throws, outrebounded Phoenix 49-38 and outscored the Suns 50-38 in the paint. Mara had 11 points and 11 rebounds off the bench, and Alex Caruso made 3 of 5 threes for 9 points in nine minutes. The Thunder shot 44-of-86 overall and 12-of-32 from three.
Phoenix’s side
Jalen Green led the Suns with 20 points on 8-of-13 shooting. Dillon Brooks had 19 but shot 4-of-14, and Miles Bridges had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Khaman Maluach scored 12 on 5-of-10 shooting with 7 rebounds, and Jordan Goodwin made four threes for 12. Devin Booker had 7 assists but scored only 3 points on 1-of-7 shooting in 34 minutes. Phoenix made 18 of 50 threes.
What’s next
The Thunder visit the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday, October 28, at 9:30 p.m. ET (4:30 a.m. Thursday Cairo time). The Suns host the Denver Nuggets on Friday, October 30, at 10 p.m. ET (5 a.m. Saturday Cairo time).
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