The Oklahoma City Thunder travel on the road to face the Phoenix Suns on Wednesday. This is the start of a three-game road trip. This will be the season's third matchup between the squads. OKC won the first two with its latest victory on Feb.

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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.

The Warriors continue to shoot a ton of three-pointers, ranking second in shot frequency outside, and while they’ve ranked just 16th in terms of converting these shots the Suns stand as the worst three-point defense in the league in those aforementioned last 14 days.

The Phoenix Suns are likely to renew trade conversations around star forward Kevin Durant this offseason, after opting against moving the veteran at the trade deadline. Durant vetoed a trade to his former team,

Phoenix Suns forward Kevin Durant surfaced in NBA rumors this season when the team seemed to be shopping him around