The Thunder (65-14) are fresh off a dramatic win over the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 42 points to snap a two-game losing streak. It was the first night of a home-and-road back-to-back.

Suns coach Mike Budenholzer said Durant did some shooting after a morning shootaround on April 8, but isn't close enough to return to play on April 9. Averaging 26.6 points in 62 games, the NBA's seventh-leading scorer will fall short of the 65-game requirement for league awards.

Since the All-Star break, the Suns have the second-worst defensive rating in the NBA (122.2), behind only the Raptors (122.9), who are actively trying to lose games and sitting their star player, Brandon Ingram, and others in an attempt to improve draft odds.