00:01What a night. Suns fans, Sunday's victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder at the Mortgage Mart
00:06Center was an absolute thriller. For a moment in the second quarter, it seemed like we might
00:10be in for a repeat of that tough loss from less than a month ago, when the Thunder won the NBA
00:15Cup quarterfinal by 49 points, with 3-0-6 left in the second. Kenrich Williams hit a 3 to give the
00:22defending champs an 18-point lead, but this time, the response was different. The Suns closed the
00:28half on an 11-0 run. Then, to start the third quarter, they went on a 9-2 blitz to tie the game.
00:34What followed was about 21 incredible minutes of high-level basketball. We saw big shots from the
00:39usual suspects, Dylan Brooks and Devin Booker for the Suns, and Shea Gilgis-Alexander and Jalen Williams
00:46for the Thunder. However, the real difference came from unexpected sources. Jordan Goodwin and Ryan
00:52Dunn combined to hit 7 of 11 three-pointers in the second half, keeping Phoenix within striking
00:57distance. This set up two massive threes from Dylan Brooks, with the second one putting the
01:02Suns up by four, with just 37 seconds remaining. True to their championship pedigree, the Thunder
01:08fought back. Chet Holmgren grabbed an offensive rebound and hit a 14-foot turnaround jumper on the
01:14baseline to cut the lead to two. Then, after a timeout, a crucial turnover on the inbounds play by
01:20Brooks gave Oklahoma City an opening. Jalen Williams tied the game with a 10-footer, leaving
01:25just 8.7 seconds on the clock. Out of the timeout, the ball went to Devin Booker. For the first time
01:32in a while, he delivered in that exact moment, hitting a gorgeous step-back three to win the
01:37game for the Suns, a shot that also cemented Dan Bickley's prediction. This has to be the grittiest
01:43win of the season for this tough Suns squad. For about 21 minutes in the first half, Oklahoma City's
01:49intense defensive pressure seemed to disrupt Phoenix's rhythm. But there was no quit in the
01:55home team in the second half, as they battled to one of their most memorable victories in recent
02:00times. So, after a win like that, can they carry this momentum and solve another puzzle in the Houston
02:06Rockets on Monday? What's your take on this team's resilience after a statement win like this one?
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