Phoenix at Oklahoma City

Phoenix is working on one day of rest, on a 2-7 spread run. Their reward for advancing is heading to the No. 1 seed and the defending champs. The Suns have a losing road mark, ranking 28th in field goal shooting on offense (45.5%), while the defense is 15th in shooting allowed (47%). Oklahoma City has had six days off. OKC is such a tough matchup for everyone, with speed and spacing, ranked fifth in the NBA in scoring and shooting, plus third from the free-throw line (81.7%). The Thunder lead the league in points off turnovers, with a defense that is second in points given up and No. 1 in shooting allowed. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (31.1 ppg, 6.6 apg) took the final two games off to rest, with OKC 19-1 in the 20 games prior to that. OKC won at Phoenix in February in a blowout (136-109) without Gilgeous-Alexander, and won an even bigger blowout at home (138-89) with him as a 15.5-point favorite versus the Suns. Play Oklahoma City.