The Phoenix Suns superior to the primary round of the NBA playoffs with Friday’s win over the Golden State Warriors, and they’ll now face the Oklahoma City Thunder.
The No. 8 seed Suns and No. 1 seed Thunder will kick their collection off in Oklahoma City on Sunday with Game 1 at 12:30 p.m. on ABC.
The two groups will play Game 2 on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. on ESPN after which return to Phoenix for Games 3 and 4.
Game 3 will likely be subsequent Saturday (April 25) at 12:30 p.m. on NBC, and Game 4 would be the following Monday (April 27).
The two groups will return to Oklahoma City if the collection reaches a fifth sport, which might be performed on April 29 (Wednesday).
Game 6, if essential, could be on May 1 (Friday) in Phoenix, and Game 7 could be on May 3 (Sunday) again in Oklahoma City, if essential.
While the dates and places for all seven video games of the collection are set, the instances and networks for Games 4 by way of 7 are nonetheless to be determined, based mostly on the outcomes within the different playoff collection.
How did the Suns do towards the Thunder in the course of the common season?
The Suns went 2-3 in the course of the common season towards the Thunder.
The two groups first met in late November for the twentieth sport of the season, and Oklahoma City gained 123-119.
They met for the second time 12 days later, and the Thunder thumped the Suns 138-89.
The first two conferences had been each in Oklahoma City. The Thunder got here to Phoenix for the third sport, which was on Jan. 4.
The Suns squeaked out a win in that sport, 108-105, in a second-half comeback as Devin Booker, Dillon Brooks and Jordan Goodwin mixed for 72 factors.
Oklahoma City smoked Phoenix, 136-109, within the subsequent assembly earlier than the Suns picked up a morale-boosting win within the remaining sport of the common season, 135-103, when a lot of the starters sat.
