A potential first-round playoff matchup takes place on the final day of the 2025-26 NBA regular season, as the Phoenix Suns take on the Oklahoma City Thunder.<\/p>\n
OKC locked up the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference already, leading to it resting a ton of players in Friday night\u2019s loss to Denver. Meanwhile, the Suns are locked into the No. 7 seed, giving them the top spot in the Western Conference play-in tournament.\u00a0<\/p>\n
This has been an awesome season for the Suns, as they blew past preseason expectations and have a real shot to be in the playoffs after missing them last season. If Phoenix loses its first play-in game and wins the second one, it would face OKC in the first round of the playoffs.<\/p>\n
This season, the Thunder are 3-1 against Phoenix, including a win in the NBA Cup and two wins by 27 or more points. Oddsmakers have set OKC (34-6 at home) as a favorite in this matchup.<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s dive into the odds, a player prop to consider and my prediction for this regular-season finale.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Suns vs. Thunder Odds, Spread and Total<\/p>\n
Odds via DraftKings Sportsbook<\/a><\/p>\n Spread<\/p>\n Suns +5.5 (-115)Thunder -5.5 (-105)<\/p>\n Moneyline<\/p>\n Total<\/p>\n 213.5 (Over -105\/Under -115)Suns vs. Thunder How to WatchDate: Sunday, April 12Time: 8:30 p.m. ESTVenue: Paycom CenterHow to Watch (TV): FanDuel Sports Network (Local), Arizona\u2019s Family SportsSuns record: 44-37Thunder record: 64-17Suns vs. Thunder Injury ReportsSuns Injury ReportMark Williams \u2013 questionableDevin Booker \u2013 outDillon Brooks \u2013 outGrayson Allen \u2013 outCollin Gillespie \u2013 questionableJordan Goodwin \u2013 questionableJalen Green \u2013 questionableHaywood Highsmith \u2013 questionableRoyce O\u2019Neale \u2013 outThunder Injury ReportJaylin Williams \u2013 outJalen Williams \u2013 outChet Holmgren \u2013 outCason Wallace \u2013 outThomas Sorber \u2013 outAjay Mitchell \u2013 outIsaiah Joe \u2013 outShai Gilgeous-Alexander \u2013 outAlex Caruso \u2013 outIsaiah Hartenstein \u2013 outSuns vs. Thunder Best NBA Prop BetsThunder Best NBA Prop BetJared McCain OVER 2.5 3-Pointers Made (+105)<\/p>\n McCain should get a chance to play an expanded role against Phoenix after starting and playing over 25 minutes in Friday\u2019s loss against the Nuggets.\u00a0<\/p>\n After a shooting slump at the end of March, McCain has now made three or more shots from beyond the arc in two of his last three games. In the last five games that he\u2019s played 20 or more minutes, McCain has made three or more shots from beyond the arc each time.\u00a0<\/p>\n Even against a usually tough 3-point defense, McCain is worth a look with the Thunder down most of their main rotation players.\u00a0<\/p>\n Suns vs. Thunder Prediction and Pick<\/p>\n Oklahoma City has one of the deepest teams in the NBA, so even with a ton of rotation players out, it may be able to build on an impressive 34-6 record at home.\u00a0<\/p>\n Phoenix is sitting Devin Booker and Dillon Brooks, a sign that it isn\u2019t going after this game with the No. 7 seed already locked up. If the Suns end up sitting Mark Williams, Jalen Green and Collin Gillespie, I\u2019d much rather trust the end of OKC\u2019s bench than the end of Phoenix\u2019s.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Suns don\u2019t have nearly as much offensive firepower, and players like McCain, Aaron Wiggins and Nikola Topic could do enough to carry OKC to a win. The Thunder have simply been too good at home to fade in a game where both teams are mailing it in.\u00a0<\/p>\n Pick: Thunder -5.5 (-105 at DraftKings)<\/a><\/p>\n Odds refresh periodically and are subject to change.<\/p>\n If you or someone you know has a gambling problem and wants help, call 1-800-GAMBLER.<\/p>\n Find Peter Dewey’s\u00a0NBA betting record here<\/a>\u00a0(futures included). You can also follow my daily plays on \u00a0BetStamp here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Claim the latest\u00a0DraftKings promo code<\/a>\u00a0offer today. Sign up and get\u00a0$300 in bonus bets instantly when you make your first $5 bet<\/a>\u00a0and that bet wins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A potential first-round playoff matchup takes place on the final day of the 2025-26 NBA regular season, as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":709011,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3791],"tags":[7,6,2065,472,4045,604],"class_list":{"0":"post-709010","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-phoenix-suns","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-nba","10":"tag-phoenix","11":"tag-phoenix-suns","12":"tag-phoenixsuns","13":"tag-suns"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116392101360111837","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=709010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709010\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/709011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=709010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=709010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=709010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}