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Thunder Sweep Suns 4-0, Booker Calls Shai MVP

4/29/2026

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Thunder Sweep Suns

Oklahoma City Thunder completed a 4-0 first-round sweep of the Phoenix Suns, winning Game 4 131-122 on Monday.
Devin Booker praised Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s 31 points on 10-of-17 shooting and eight assists, calling him “the MVP of the league” and saying he has been playing the best basketball for two years.
The Thunder improved to 12-0 in first-round playoff games under head coach Mark Daigneault, marking their third consecutive first-round sweep.

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Thunder Ticket Sale

Tickets for the Western Conference semifinals Games 1 and 2 go on sale Wednesday, April 29 at 10 a.m. CT after Oklahoma City’s sweep.
The Los Angeles Lakers will start the series without Luka Doncic (hamstring) and Austin Reaves (oblique).
Oklahoma City guard Cason Wallace added 10 points in 22 minutes of the clinching Game 4 and has shot 17-of-18 from the field and 32-of-37 from the line in fourth-quarter and overtime periods.

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Historical Context

In 2001 the Los Angeles Lakers, coached by Phil Jackson, swept the first three playoff rounds—including a 3-0 series over Portland—to finish the Western Conference with an 11-0 record, the first team since the 1988-89 Lakers to do so. Their dominance set a benchmark that Oklahoma City’s 12-0 first-round run under Mark Daigneault is now being compared to.

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Thunder Sweep Suns

Oklahoma City Thunder completed a 4-0 first-round sweep of the Phoenix Suns, winning Game 4 131-122 on Monday.
Devin Booker praised Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s 31 points on 10-of-17 shooting and eight assists, calling him “the MVP of the league” and saying he has been playing the best basketball for two years.
The Thunder improved to 12-0 in first-round playoff games under head coach Mark Daigneault, marking their third consecutive first-round sweep.

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