OKLAHOMA CITY – Devin Booker couldn’t convey Phoenix to triumph this time.

The Suns wasted a twofold digit lead in the final quarter of their 124-120 misfortune Sunday evening to the Roar before 17,897 fans at Paycom Center.

“This one’s on me,” Suns mentor Monty Williams said. “I must get folks in the game that can make a musicality, particularly on protection. We’re surrendering an excessive number of 30-point quarters, continuously. That is on me. I need to sort out the folks who can play together protectively rather than the starters to build the force from a hostile and cautious viewpoint.”

Booker scored a game-high 46 focuses, however, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander went for 40 as the Thunder utilized an 18-2 show after following to 10 places in pulling away to their most memorable success over Phoenix (38-33) this season.

“It ought to have been having boiled down to (the end), however, it did,” Suns veteran point monitor Chris Paul said.

Having now lost four of its last five games, Phoenix drove by upwards of 15 focuses before tumbling to the Thunder (35-36). The two groups meet once again this season on April 2 at OKC.

“We’re at the place of the time each game counts,” Booker said. “You need to get however many successes as you can. We let one slip this evening.”

The Suns surrendered a crazy 31 focuses off 14 turnovers.

“We turned that ball over and it prompts 3s And-1s,” Suns wing Josh Okogie said. “Each time we turned it over, that is multiple focuses per turnover. So in a real sense, each time we turned it over, that is two focuses. Should give them somewhat more than two focuses. As far as I might be concerned, that is the game not too far off.”

Phoenix likewise lost the free toss fight as the Thunder went 29-of-36 from the line contrasted with the Suns completing 17-of-24.

The Suns were called for 31 fouls while OKC committed 20.

“We’ve been discussing it for some time,” expressed Williams as the Suns are 26th in the NBA in committed fouls per game at 21.4. “We’re quite possibly of the most terrible group in the association with regards to fouling. We need to address it.”

The Suns were without Deandre Ayton (hip) and Kevin Durant (lower leg). Ayton experienced a right hip wound in Thursday’s success over the Sorcery while Durant has been sidelined since contorting his left lower leg in a pregame exercise before what would’ve been his Suns home presentation Walk 8 against the Thunder.

Neither Durant nor Ayton made the excursion to Oklahoma City.

“It sucks,” said Suns monitor Landry Shamet, who returned in the wake of being out two months with a foot injury. “We played with the game a tad. We weren’t as the need might have arisen to be, particularly down the stretch.”