Devin Booker

2022 - 12 - 18

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NBA Twitter Gives Devin Booker Props After Another 50-Point Game (Sports Illustrated)

Phoenix Suns SG Devin Booker dropped his fifth 50-piece of his career, and although he's normally hated on social media, Booker was able to gain some love.

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Devin Booker scores 58 and turns the mundane into magic (AZCentral.com)

Devin Booker scored 58 points Saturday night and reminded us, and the Suns, why games in December matter.

We wanted to come out and set the tone.” “A potential matchup for the playoffs and we understand that. “I’m going to have to hear about that for a long time. Part of the beauty of sports is that the script of a game is really just an outline. Booker and Williams knew the significance of not letting the Pelicans win Saturday, which would have given them the season series against the Suns. The Cardinals are in a freefall. Diana Taurasi of the Mercury and Chris Paul of the Suns are in the twilights of their careers. It don’t really count, and at the end of the day, my team and I, we’re working on our damn selves. He drove to the basket. At a young age, he seemed to know those “struggle years” would make nights like Saturday at Footprint Center sweeter. People might have stayed with the Suns, but Booker stayed, too, and believed. The points record?

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Stephen's Study: Devin Booker Sparks an All-Impressive Suns ... (Bright Side of the Sun)

Devin Booker's second 50+ point performance of the season came at the right time, as the Phoenix Suns would knot their season series with the New Orleans ...

From there, it’d be a moment of “wait and see” as the Pelicans were forced to tip their hand on what they wanted to do with Booker. Remains to be seen, but this wrinkle could be an unlocking of yet another short-roll option for the Suns to compile, presenting Williams with optionality based on match-ups. Josh Okogie was yet again a key cog in the Sun's winning efforts. Another display of how this rendition of the Suns can win in a multitude of ways. Doesn’t always have to be “pretty” but also doesn’t always have to be “back-and-forth” for them. The Pelicans threw a lot of the kitchen sink at him in terms of coverages: Switches, switch-and-overs, as well as switches-and-doubles. Also, when he’s in that zone, few teams are better than the Suns. The Suns saw themselves down 24, which then prompted a late third-quarter 25-6 run, via a display of shot-making from him that was absolutely absurd. When he’s in that zone, there are few players better than him. He is not just an offensive talent, he’s a two-way factor. It was an all-impressive floor game from Devin Booker. We really saw a ton of his evolution in play.

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