The Suns vs. Thunder game started with the worst possible news — Deandre Ayton would miss the start of the game because he did another dumb thing.
But it ended with the Suns winning comfortably over a rest-depleted Thunder team who was sitting half their rotation on the second game of a back to back. The Thunder were resting three starters and a primary backup: Steven Adams, Nerlens Noel, Shai Gilgeous Alexander AND Danilo Gallinari. They were also missing Dennis Schroder, who’s been out all Bubble.