Oklahoma City Thunder face the Phoenix Suns in Game 3 of the NBA playoffs on Saturday, airing on NBC and Peacock. The Thunder lead the series 2-0, but will be without Jalen Williams due to a hamstring injury.
Key points
Thunder vs. Suns Game 3 on Saturday
Game airs on NBC and Peacock
Thunder lead series 2-0
Jalen Williams out with hamstring injury
Williams scored 41 points in first two games
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How to watch Thunder vs. Suns Game 3: TV channel, live stream, start time
The NBA playoffs on NBC continue Saturday afternoon with the Oklahoma City Thunder playing the Phoenix Suns in Game 3 of their first-round series. The game will be on NBC and Peacock.
Defending NBA Finals champion and No. 1 seed Oklahoma City leads the series 2-0 after winning Game 2, 120-107. Eighth-seed Phoenix is 0-15 when they trail 2-0 in a best-of-seven series.
The biggest question for Oklahoma City going into Saturday (and the coming weeks) is who will step in with Jalen Williams out? Williams put up 41 points through the first two games but had to leave Game 2 midway through the third quarter with a left hamstring injury. The Thunder confirmed Thursday that Williams has a Grade 1 strain and will be reevaluated on a weekly basis. He is not expected to play the remainder of this series.
This is the first time these two franchises have met in the playoffs since the Thunder relocated to Oklahoma City from Seattle in 2008.
See below for additional information on the Thunder-Suns game and how to watch the 2026 NBA Playoffs on NBC and Peacock.
Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Phoenix Suns Game 3 preview
Unless the Suns find something special, and quick, the Thunder will finish this series up by Monday. No team has ever come back from down 3-0 to win a best-of-seven series.
The Thunder's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has led all scorers through the first two games of the series (25 and 37 points for Games 1 and 2, respectively) and now has 30 career playoff games with 25+ points. He was named the NBA Clutch Player of the Year on Tuesday, leading the league in clutch points (175) during the regular season. (Clutch points are points scored in the final five minutes of the fourth quarter or overtime when the score is within 5 points.)
The Suns' Devin Booker has 45 points through the first two games but most notably has made headlines in recent days for his criticism of officiating and calling a referee out by name after Game 2. During the game, he was called for a technical late in the third quarter after diving into the Thunder bench to keep the ball inbounds.
āI know I havenāt won a championship in this league, but I have been in it for 11 years now," Booker said. "To get to this point, to be treated like that, for me to even be saying something out loud, itās bad. ... Whatever I get fined for, everybody can pull the clips and see where the frustration comes from."
Suns owner Matt Ishbia defended Booker on X Thursday, saying, "I am 100% behind Devin Booker here. Last night was not a good look for our league."
Booker was fined $35,000 for criticizing officials by the NBA the same day, but the league rescinded the technical foul after it was "improperly assessed."
NBC Sports will present up to 23 games in the first round and 11 games in the conference semifinals across either NBC and Peacock, or Peacock and NBCSN. Playoff programming concludes with exclusive coverage of the Western Conference Finals on NBC and Peacock.
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