The home side were effectively down a man midway into the first quarter when fifth-year centre Alex Len picked up three fouls in two minutes as he struggled to handle Adams down low and returned to the bench.
Being a beast on the offensive boards, Adams proved too strong for Len who simply took to holding the big Kiwi to prevent him from collecting rebounds.
While the Suns' three-point stroke wasn't there in the first half, the Thunder weren't able to captialise and take control of the match as they found scoring hard to come by. The side went almost five minutes without a made field goal to end the first quarter down by five.
Looking to climb back into the match in the second period, the Thunder found ways to score the basketball for a 30-point quarter. However, the Suns again won the quarter and took a nine point lead into the break.
In the second half, it was the Dragan Bender and Josh Jackson show. The young forwards had the best games of their careers, with Bender scoring 20 points including six made three-point shots, while rookie Jackson had hist first career double-double with 17 points and 10 rebounds, while also setting a career high in assists with five.
The pair combined for nine three-pointers made from 14 attempts and, while the Thunder struggled to keep up with the scoring, began to blow the game out.
Phoenix ended the match shooting just over 40 per cent from deep, while OKC hit fewer than 30 per cent of their attempts. Despite a strong performance from Adamas and a triple-double of 26 points 10 rebounds and 11 assists by point guard Russell Westbrook, the Suns hot shooting proved to be the difference.
The loss sees OKC drop to 22-18 for the season, however they remain fifth in the Western Conference standings with one more win than the sixth-placed Denver Nuggets.
The Thunder will have the chance to get back to winning was on Wednesday (NZ time) when they take on the Portland Trailblazers at home.
