Thunder @ Suns 2026 Playoffs Monday Game 4 Thread, 4-27-2026

[BooksOrangePlanet]

game 4 takes place monday night in phoenix where the suns look to avoid the dreaded sweep by okc

location: mortgage matchup center, phx

when: monday, april 27th, 2026

television: nbc - peacock

time: 6:30 pm arizona time

 

[mjb21aztd]

game 4 takes place monday night in phoenix where the suns look to avoid the dreaded sweep by okc

location: mortgage matchup center, phx

when: monday, april 27th, 2026

television: nbc - peacock

time: 6:30 pm arizona time

Yippideee skippideee lol bracin for another whoppin by okc ughhhhhhhh

Pls get ja or giannis in offseason

 

[Hoop Head]

Yippideee skippideee lol bracin for another whoppin by okc ughhhhhhhh

Pls get ja or giannis in offseason

Neither gets us past OKC. Time to suffer for a couple of years

 

[newBluePlanet]

Neither gets us past OKC. Time to suffer for a couple of years

oh, look who says we have to suffer for a couple of years? The guy who represents why we had to suffer for 11 years. If you're finally saying we have to suffer because we're stuck with Booker and his salary, you may be finally be right, but only because we no longer have much choice. Because fans like you kept insisting we had to keep doubling down on franchise poison

but there still IS an option. Because fans like you, Booker is still a "marque" player who moves shoes and shirts and there's a city like Memphis that needs an image overhaul

Ja at point and an improved Willams with Brooks, Green, Allen, Gillespi and key others is a real shot

 

[Hoop Head]

oh, look who says we have to suffer for a couple of years? The guy who represents why we had to suffer for 11 years. If you're finally saying we have to suffer because we're stuck with Booker and his salary, you may be finally be right, but only because we no longer have much choice. Because fans like you kept insisting we had to keep doubling down on franchise poison

You stayed silent for a few seasons when we were competing and then proclaimed KD would bring us closer to a title, we gave up way too much and now are in a terrible place regarding picks and financials.

Now you want to claim I doubled down, somehow, which is just sad on your part. This team is screwed good forward and that's a position I've held before we let Beal and KD go. There's no easy fix. Make up a position if it makes you sleep easy, I don't care.

 

[Phrazbit]

You stayed silent for a few seasons when we were competing and then proclaimed KD would bring us closer to a title, we gave up way too much and now are in a terrible place regarding picks and financials.

Now you want to claim I doubled down, somehow, which is just sad on your part. This team is screwed good forward and that's a position I've held before we let Beal and KD go. There's no easy fix. Make up a position if it makes you sleep easy, I don't care.

He only posts on one topic, just ignore him.

If he posted on anything other than how much he hates Devin Booker, maybe he’d have some credit but literally the only time this dude post is when he has an opportunity to talk crap. Always one topic always one player., he is a troll.

 

[leclerc]

Please don't go down by 20+ before the half. Fight like this team still has a heart. Oh, and have a nice vacation guys (Suns team), it's been a pretty great season! Hoping the FO keeps up the good work.

 

[newBluePlanet]

He only posts on one topic, just ignore him.

If he posted on anything other than how much he hates Devin Booker, maybe he’d have some credit but literally the only time this dude post is when he has an opportunity to talk crap. Always one topic always one player., he is a troll.

interesting. the attack the messenger mentality never ends. even now when that "one topic" i steadily posted about for 8 years is exactly what everyone is posting about now, including local and national journalists. The persistent player flaws that doomed him and us. I was right every step of the way about not building around him and overpaying him, his bad decisions, etc (i.e. "one topic) despite the haters trying to silence me with personal attacks.

 

[Chaplin]

interesting. the attack the messenger mentality never ends. even now when that "one topic" i steadily posted about for 8 years is exactly what everyone is posting about now, including local and national journalists. The persistent player flaws that doomed him and us. I was right every step of the way about not building around him and overpaying him, his bad decisions, etc (i.e. "one topic) despite the haters trying to silence me with personal attacks.

Hilarious. You troll for years and now that some people share your view, you act uppity as if you are vindicated. Get out of here with that garbage.

The only thing you haven't done is snarkily use "I told you so" as your signature.

 

[Cheesebeef]

my guess is we see something similar to what we saw in the last Suns playoff humiliation sweep against the Wolves. Booker finally comes out gun blazing, plays really well for 3 quarters but when it comes to crunch time, OKC turns up the heat and puts us to bed without much of a whimper when all's said and done.

 

[Hoop Head]

interesting. the attack the messenger mentality never ends. even now when that "one topic" i steadily posted about for 8 years is exactly what everyone is posting about now, including local and national journalists. The persistent player flaws that doomed him and us. I was right every step of the way about not building around him and overpaying him, his bad decisions, etc (i.e. "one topic) despite the haters trying to silence me with personal attacks.

Seeing you act so desperate for acknowledgement used to be sad but I've found it humorous more often than anything the last couple of years. You create these false narratives and just run with them, like you did here trying to say "everyone" is now following your lead. Just add that to the list of garbage things you can't keep straight, I suppose.

 

[newBluePlanet]

The only thing you haven't done is snarkily use "I told you so" as your signature.

if making it about my ego
makes you, Hoop, Phraz and Orange's ego feel better about being so dead wrong all these years
then i'm happy to oblige...

I TOLD YOU SO

 

[Mainstreet]

The Suns are playing with only three legitimate starters and almost no bench support against the best team in the NBA.

What could possibly be the problem if the Suns get swept after making the 8th seed in the West and posting 45 wins.

Oh let me guess, it's the thought, it's Devin Booker fault.

And what about when the Suns made it to the Finals with Devin Booker and won 64 games.

I guess Booker was just along for the ride.

 

[newBluePlanet]

The Suns are playing with only three legitimate starters and almost no bench support against the best team in the NBA.
What could possibly be the problem if the Suns get swept after making the 8th seed in the West and posting 45 wins.
Oh let me guess, it's the thought, it's Devin Booker fault.
And what about when the Suns made it to the Finals with Devin Booker and won 64 games.
I guess Booker was just along for the ride.

at what point do you stop making excuses for our super-max franchise player/captain/superstar losing his 9th playoff game in a row, leading the Suns to their worst seasons and most embarrassing losses in history while burning through 7 coaches and being a consistent screw-up in crunch-time?

 

[leclerc]

Bring on the thunder. FTA will whimper and bait his way (and push off) to 15 attempts. Hope they nail Lou Dirt with a flagrant or two. I've always detested players who play dirty. I was afraid Grayson Allen was one, but he's cleaned up his play. I hope Dork can as well. Is it not enough to get away with grabbing and flopping yo guys?

Go out with a glimmer of hope, Coach Ott. Start Fleming instead of going small _yet_ again. Intelligence is recognizing something does not work and stop trying the same thing again and again. Great coaches are able to adjust and respond. Hope to see you next year, but only if you show us something to indicate you're not a stubborn one trick pony.

 

[boisesuns]

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[leclerc]

Suns in 7!

 

[Chaplin]

if making it about my ego
makes you, Hoop, Phraz and Orange's ego feel better about being so dead wrong all these years
then i'm happy to oblige...

I TOLD YOU SO

Read the room man.

 

[AzStevenCal]

interesting. the attack the messenger mentality never ends. even now when that "one topic" i steadily posted about for 8 years is exactly what everyone is posting about now, including local and national journalists. The persistent player flaws that doomed him and us. I was right every step of the way about not building around him and overpaying him, his bad decisions, etc (i.e. "one topic) despite the haters trying to silence me with personal attacks.

But IMO you weren't right then and you're not right now. You're not completely wrong either but your laser focus on Booker is both annoying and useless. Devin is a good player and like most good players, he's overpaid. That's a league issue, it's not on Booker.

I think we'd be better off with younger players in the long run but it won't happen overnight. We don't have the roster or the draft capital to compete for championships and that's where Booker should be, not in Phoenix eating up our limited cap space. But it's not going to make us better right away, that will take time.

We should be focused on finding and developing players, not throwing everything at the wall to try and make the play in tournament. Unless he was injured, Fleming should have been in the rotation from March on. It might have cost us some games but we need a long term plan that we can adapt along the way and developing players should be step one for us.

Anyway, IMO Booker is not our problem and never has been, he just isn't our answer. He could be the answer for several clubs though so we need to talk him into "wanting" to go there. I would not trade him without his approval though, whether we owe him that or not is immaterial - it's just the right thing to do with a player that's already been the face of this franchise for longer than any other Suns player I can think of.

 

[BooksOrangePlanet]

if we can compete through (not until) the 4th quarter this time it would show consistent improvement from game to game with the same set of (vertical) challenges

i don't think we can beat okc tonight - we'd need the perfect game from at least a few of our guys - we'd need refs that don't already have a distaste for book and brooks - we'd need the maluach that looks like a future star and not the tourist with no gps - but most of all we'd have to play the the amazing defense that got us here

okc boasts the best defense in the league but their half court offense is equally insane - they don't need the fastbreaks to generate offense - they are offense - they've done everything so many times together it's become no mind - just machine - durable un-emotional non combustible machine and it's bloody impressive

sorry - wrong team - one that we shouldn't even be facing - le sigh - but hopefully everything happens for a reason - perhaps a sweep that is more detrimental to the soul will be even more motivating - i think the team both understands and hates that they're undersized and out matched

i hope we show some heart tonight walking in knowing no one's ever come back from being down 3-0

i hope we have a go at it differently - gillespie played his best defense of the season on sunday and still. came. up. short.

i wanna see the green light special with jalen just going bonkers - i want to see dillon top draymond's ejection if the game is over early - i want to see 10 dimes AND 30 from booker - but most of all i want to see some got damn rasheer fleming

 

[Covert Rain]

If Brooks shoots the most shots, the Suns are going to get worked again. He can't be the guy taking the most shots. In the offseason, someone needs to sit this guy down. He should be a compliment not your highest volume shooter.

In the offseason, we need to find a better distributing PG. The guys this morning were talking about how Book can't be your best scorer and distributor because opposing defenses have figured out when you lock down Book, it's a double whammy against our offense. You are killing two birds with one stone.

As fun as this roster has been to watch this season it's majorly flawed in its construction.

 

[Cheesebeef]

The Suns are playing with only three legitimate starters and almost no bench support against the best team in the NBA.

What could possibly be the problem if the Suns get swept after making the 8th seed in the West and posting 45 wins.

Oh let me guess, it's the thought, it's Devin Booker fault.

And what about when the Suns made it to the Finals with Devin Booker and won 64 games.

I guess Booker was just along for the ride.

Devin Booker deserved and got a lot of credit when the Suns went to the Finals because he played like a star. But that was a long time ago.

Five years later, he’s played badly in the playoffs en route to a 9 GAME LOSING STREAK and as the star of the team, he gets criticism. That’s how sports works.

When you play well and win, you get credit, like he did in 2021. When you play bad and lose like he has overall in the playoffs in his last 9 games, you get blame.

I don’t understand why the concept is so hard to understand. Happens to all NBA stars who underperform in the playoffs. Others here bash Harden, KD, etc for being playoff failures. Sadly, Book belongs in that class right now.

Well, not with KD. He’s in a league all of his own loserdom.

 

[Adrian]

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[Superbone]

If Brooks shoots the most shots, the Suns are going to get worked again. He can't be the guy taking the most shots. In the offseason, someone needs to sit this guy down. He should be a compliment not your highest volume shooter.

In the offseason, we need to find a better distributing PG. The guys this morning were talking about how Book can't be your best scorer and distributor because opposing defenses have figured out when you lock down Book, it's a double whammy against our offense. You are killing two birds with one stone.

As fun as this roster has been to watch this season it's majorly flawed in its construction.

Somebody has got to be aggressive. Brooks has been pretty efficient. I'll take it. He's the one that kept us in game 2 and gave us a chance. It seems like Brooks and Green have been our only aggressive offensive players on the team this postseason. Well, and Allen hasn't been afraid to shoot since he came back in Game 3.

 

[Superbone]

What we should do is feature our youth and future. Start Fleming and Maluach along with Book, Brooks, and Green. What we will do: Same ol', same ol'. Small ball plus Oso. Maybe Fleming will get in before the last 2 minutes though. It may get out of hand early in which case I could see it. Let's hope we at least go out swinging.