NBA playoffs: Defending champion Thunder open with victory

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 25 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder began their title defense with a 119-84 rout of the Phoenix Suns in Game 1 of their first-round Western Conference playoff series on Sunday.

The reigning league MVP made just five of 18 field goals but went 15 of 17 at the foul line before sitting out the fourth quarter.