<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Devin-Booker_s-epic-franchise-feat-that-Charles-Barkley-Steve-Nash-never-reached.jpg"></figure><h1>Devin Booker’s epic Suns feat that Charles Barkley, Steve Nash never reached</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2022-01-26T22:23:06-08:00">January 26th, 10:23pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2022-01-26T22:23:06-08:00">January 26th, 10:23pm</time><address><a>Angelo Guinhawa</a>Angelo Guinhawa is a basketball and soccer/football editor/writer. He uses his background in digital marketing to make sure you get to read his work. He has previously worked for FOX Sports PH and a number of reputable sports media outlets. If he's not writing or watching sports, he's likely scouring online for his next NBA card purchase.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Phoenix Suns have no shortage of great players like Charles Barkely and Steve Nash who have suited up for the franchise in its long history. However, none of those players were able to step foot on the territory that Devin Booker just reached.</p><p>On Wednesday against the Utah Jazz, Booker exploded for 43 points to lead the Suns to a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/scores/nba/boxscore/phoenix-suns-utah-jazz-1-27-2022/8d615116-86d3-4482-b80e-a3dbc9ab1833" rel="noopener">105-97 victory</a>. He went off right in the first quarter with 21 points, outscoring the whole Jazz franchise who made just 18 points in the period.</p><p>Now, according to the Suns, Booker has set the franchise record for most 40-point games in team history. He increased his tally to 16, breaking the tie with Amar’e Stoudemire. For those curious, Nash has just two of such games, while Barkley has three, via <a href="https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/most-40-point-games-in-suns-history" rel="noopener">Stat Muse</a>.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">𝐅𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐒𝐄 𝐇𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘<a href="https://twitter.com/DevinBook?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@DevinBook</a> has notched his franchise-best 16th-career 40 point game! 👏 <a href="https://t.co/z6aMBqDMNU" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/z6aMBqDMNU</a></p><p>— Phoenix Suns (@Suns) <a href="https://twitter.com/Suns/status/1486572184566861827?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">January 27, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Although the Jazz tried to come back from the early hole that Devin Booker dug for them, they were simply unable to limit the sharpshooter from his scoring exploits.</p><p>While such insane numbers is no longer surprising from Booker, who has drawn comparisons to Kobe Bryant for his ability to score, it should be remembered that he is just 25 years old.</p><p>Considering the way he is playing, it is safe to assume that Booker is well on track to become the greatest scorer in Suns history.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Devin Booker’s epic Suns feat that Charles Barkley, Steve Nash never reached

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Devin-Booker-sounds-off-on-why-Phoenix-is-different-from-last-season.jpeg"></figure><h1>Devin Booker sounds off on why Suns are different from last season</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2022-01-20T20:53:04-08:00">January 20th, 8:53pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2022-01-20T20:53:04-08:00">January 20th, 8:53pm</time><address><a>Kendall Capps</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Phoenix Suns entered the 2021-2022 NBA season with arguably the highest expectations they have had in almost 30 years. Last season, the Suns shocked the NBA world, making a run all the way to the NBA Finals. They would eventually succumb to the Milwaukee Bucks in six games.</p><p>Suns superstar guard Devin Booker opened up about <a href="https://twitter.com/Suns/status/1484375415435104256">what is the key difference</a> between this year’s team and last.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"We all trust each other. We had a lot of learning curves last year, but having that time and that experience together, I know put us in a situation where we never hit the panic button."</p><p>🗣️ <a href="https://twitter.com/DevinBook?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@DevinBook</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NBAAllStar?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#NBAAllStar</a></p><p>— Phoenix Suns (@Suns) <a href="https://twitter.com/Suns/status/1484375415435104256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">January 21, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>Booker, speaking to the media Thursday, spoke to some of those growing pains.</p><blockquote>“We all trust each other. We had a lot of learning curves last year, but having that time and that experience together, I know put us in a situation where we never hit the panic button… We stick to what we do and perform well down the stretch”</blockquote><p>Thursday night, the Suns beat the Dallas Mavericks 109-101. With the win, Phoenix improved to 35-9 and a full three games ahead of the Golden State Warriors for the top spot in the west. The win was particularly impressive as the Mavs had won eight of their previous nine games.</p><p>Booker tied Mavs superstar Luke Doncic as the game’s high scorer with 28 points. Suns future Hall of Fame point guard Chris Paul chipped in with 20 points and 11 assists in the win. Both players were needed to carry more of the load as starting center <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/suns-news-deandre-ayton-leaves-game-vs-pistons-with-ankle-injury/" rel="noopener">Deandre Ayton missed the game with a sprained ankle</a>.</p><p>To this point, the message has been made clear that last season was no fluke. The Suns are legit title contenders, if not the favorites.</p><p> </p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Devin Booker sounds off on why Suns are different from last season

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/The-ridiculous-stat-that-makes-Devin-Booker-Phoenix-virtually-unbeatable.jpeg"></figure><h1>The ridiculous stat that makes Devin Booker, Suns virtually unbeatable</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2022-01-20T20:49:13-08:00">January 20th, 8:49pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2022-01-20T20:54:24-08:00">January 20th, 8:54pm</time><address><a>Justin Bell</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>So far in the 2021-22 <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nets-news-nbas-punishment-for-brooklyn-coach-controversial-mishap-revealed/">NBA</a> season, the Phoenix Suns have the best record in the league at 35-9, three full games ahead of the second-best team in the league, the Golden State Warriors. For the Suns, there is one stat that has separated their wins from their losses and it comes from the defensive end. When the Suns give up more than 110 points they are just 5-9; but, when they hold their opponent <a href="https://twitter.com/KellanOlson/status/1484363630153900042">under 110</a> they now have a 30-0 record after Thursday’s 109-101 victory over the Dallas Mavericks.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Suns are now 30-0 when holding their opposition under 110 points</p><p>— Kellan Olson (@KellanOlson) <a href="https://twitter.com/KellanOlson/status/1484363630153900042?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">January 21, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p> </p><p>The Suns this season, not surprisingly, have gone as their defense has gone. Holding opponents under 100 used to be the thing to do but apparently, now the mark has gone up to 110 as offense has taken over the game. A big part of the Suns defense is center DeAndre Ayton, who missed another game on Thursday due to an ankle injury suffered earlier this week and has previously missed time because of the NBA’s health and safety protocols.</p><p>In the past two games without Ayton, the Suns have been carried by superstar Devin Booker, who has averaged 38 points, six assists, five rebounds, and 1.5 steals over that span. Both of those games were Suns victories, as well, and both were against very good guards. The Suns took out Dejounte Murray of the San Antonio Spurs and then Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks and they did not even need their main paint protector, Ayton, to do it. That last part should be scary for the rest of the NBA.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

The ridiculous stat that makes Devin Booker, Suns virtually unbeatable

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Chris-Paul-Devin-Booker-sound-off-on-rising-star-Dejounte-Murray.jpeg"></figure><h1>Chris Paul, Devin Booker sound off on star turn from Spurs’ Dejounte Murray</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2022-01-18T20:49:02-08:00">January 18th, 8:49pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2022-01-18T20:49:02-08:00">January 18th, 8:49pm</time><address><a href="https://medium.com/@rpsalao">R.P. Salao</a>Check out my best stuff on Medium - medium.com/@rpsalao.I also post quality NBA YouTube content - tinyurl.com/SalaoYouTube.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Phoenix Suns pulled off a comfortable 14-point victory over the San Antonio Spurs, but Dejounte Murray still left the opponents impressed.</p><p>Suns guards Devin Booker and Chris Paul were nothing but complimentary of the Spurs guard after the game, showing the respect that Dejounte Murray has garnered amid his breakout season.</p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/spurs/status/1483611500732424194?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1483611500732424194%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fclutchpoints.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost-new.php">Via</a> Spurs:</p><blockquote>“The thing I like the most about Dejounte is he’s not just a one way guy,” said Chris Paul. “He plays both ways. He’s going to defend, he can score, he can do it all. He’s a leader, and he’s going to continue to get better and better.”</blockquote><p>Booker powered the Suns to the win, pouring in an eye-popping 48 points on the evening as the Spurs simply couldn’t stop him. But even he was vocal on what he’s seen from the development of Dejounte Murray.</p><blockquote>“He has that confidence and he plays the game the right way,” said Booker on his Spurs counterpart. “He’s shooting the ball better than he ever has. He just asserts himself in so many different ways so it makes it tough on the opponent.”</blockquote><p>Dejounte Murray is averaging career highs in scoring, rebounds, assists and steal. But it’s the newfound poise he’s found as the Spurs’ top guy that’s been the most impressive aspect of his growth this season – and clearly the rest of the NBA <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/spurs-news-dejounte-murrays-monster-night-hasnt-been-seen-from-spur-in-27-years/">is taking notice.</a></p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Chris Paul, Devin Booker sound off on star turn from Spurs’ Dejounte Murray

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Devin-Booker-sounds-off-on-Kobe-Bryant-slander-after-Raptors-mascot-beef.jpeg"></figure><h1>Devin Booker sounds off on Kobe Bryant slander over Raptors mascot beef</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2022-01-14T22:34:12-08:00">January 14th, 10:34pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2022-01-14T22:34:12-08:00">January 14th, 10:34pm</time><address><a href="https://medium.com/@rpsalao">R.P. Salao</a>Check out my best stuff on Medium - medium.com/@rpsalao.I also post quality NBA YouTube content - tinyurl.com/SalaoYouTube.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Everyone wants to be like Kobe Bryant, at least in some way, shape, or form. At bare minimum, we all just want to be able to shoot our garbage into trash cans with gusto and accuracy just like the Los Angeles Lakers legend.</p><p>But things got a little too real for Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker. After his <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/raptors-news-suns-star-devin-booker-banishes-toronto-mascot-after-distracting-display-with-game-on-line/">latest viral beef</a> with the aptly named Toronto Raptors mascot <i>The Raptor</i>, who distracted him during a pair of clutch free throws, many were quick to compare him to Kobe Bryant and how the Mamba would have reacted differently to the situation.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Devin Booker upset that the Raptors mascot, the only fan in the building, is behind the hoop distracting him with the game on the line. Refs send him to timeout in the corner. <a href="https://t.co/F9zLGPPD5D" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/F9zLGPPD5D</a></p><p>— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) <a href="https://twitter.com/WorldWideWob/status/1481097210519441409?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">January 12, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>According to most Twitter scribes and Facebook meme sharers, Devin Booker diverged from his Lakers icon when he decided to get pissed at the mascot. “Kobe would never” called out Book’s detractors on social media.</p><p>Devin Booker wasn’t blind to all the Kobe Bryant-related slander being hurled at his direction. The Suns star decided to speak up on the matter after their latest win over the Indiana Pacers on Friday night.</p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/KellanOlson/status/1482192477649924097?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1482192477649924097%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fclutchpoints.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost-new.php">Via</a> Kellan Olson:</p><blockquote>“I always have enjoyed social media,” said Devin Booker. “I check it daily. When they’re saying good things about me – I don’t get too high, I don’t get too low.“The only problem I have is people still comparing me to Kobe Bryant,” said Booker of the comparisons to the Lakers icon. “When I told them in the playoffs to stop bringing up Mamba Mentality. I’m inspired by Kobe Bryant, Mamba Mentality, but I am not Kobe Bryant. People are out here yelling Mamba Mentality from their mama’s house.”</blockquote><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">I asked Devin Booker about the hate he got online for the fun with The Raptor.</p><p>Only problem he has with the online discourse is being compared to Kobe Bryant or hearing Mamba Mentality attached to him.</p><p>"I'm inspired by Kobe Bryant and Mamba Mentality but I am not Kobe Bryant." <a href="https://t.co/cigcypZSCq" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/cigcypZSCq</a></p><p>— Kellan Olson (@KellanOlson) <a href="https://twitter.com/KellanOlson/status/1482192477649924097?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">January 15, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>Devin Booker has long been a huge disciple of Kobe Bryant and even flashes some similarities in his game to the Lakers legend. But he wants the NBA world to know he’s his own man. If he wants to yell at a mascot, let him, people.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Devin Booker sounds off on Kobe Bryant slander over Raptors mascot beef

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Devin-Booker-Raptors-Pacers.jpg"></figure><h1>Suns star Devin Booker hilariously trolled by Pacers mascot after complaining about Raptors’ dinosaur</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2022-01-14T19:17:36-08:00">January 14th, 7:17pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2022-01-14T19:18:47-08:00">January 14th, 7:18pm</time><address><a>Quinn Allen</a>Quinn Allen is a freelance sports journalist and full-time editor for ClutchPoints. He specializes mainly in soccer, basketball, and baseball. When Quinn isn't producing content for CP, he's writing predictions across the European soccer and NBA world for bettors at Sports Betting Dime, one of the fastest-growing sports betting sites in North America.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Phoenix Suns star Devin Booker made NBA headlines <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/raptors-news-suns-star-devin-booker-banishes-toronto-mascot-after-distracting-display-with-game-on-line/">on Tuesday night after he hilariously complained about the Toronto Raptors’ mascot for distracting him at the free-throw line</a>, despite being literally the only spectator in the stands because there are no fans allowed in Ontario right now. Well, now the Indiana Pacers and their mascot followed suit on Friday and tried to throw Booker off again.</p><p>Just take a look at this. Pure comedy:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">.<a href="https://twitter.com/DevinBook?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@DevinBook</a> what do you think? 🦖 <a href="https://t.co/pAgstP3Rr5" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/pAgstP3Rr5</a></p><p>— Boomer (@PacersBoomer) <a href="https://twitter.com/PacersBoomer/status/1482161201626951680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">January 15, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>They even brought this T-Rex in prior to the game and as you can see, the Suns star wasn’t having any of it:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="und">🦖 <a href="https://t.co/XjnTKZ2zTM" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/XjnTKZ2zTM</a></p><p>— Indiana Pacers (@Pacers) <a href="https://twitter.com/Pacers/status/1482156558855376899?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">January 15, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>You’ve gotta love it. Booker was never that upset over the whole situation in Toronto but he likely got a laugh of Indiana trying to troll him here. Unfortunately, it didn’t work though as the Suns ran away with a victory, beating the Pacers 112-94. Booker absolutely erupted as well, showing out for 35 points in 35 minutes of action. He was also a sharp 7 for 8 from the charity stripe so to answer the question above from Boomer (the Pacers mascot): No, you weren’t a distraction. Book still went to work and torched his opponent.</p><p>Nevertheless, it was a hysterical moment that many people in the arena got a laugh from. Raptors fans will get a kick out of it too, there’s no doubt. It’s kind of outrageous that the Suns guard was bothered in the first place. After all, he just played in the NBA Finals.</p><p>A lot more pressure there.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Suns star Devin Booker hilariously trolled by Pacers mascot after complaining about Raptors’ dinosaur

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Suns-news-Devin-Booker-trolls-Raptors-mascot-following-controversial-late-game-moment.jpeg"></figure><h1>Suns’ Devin Booker trolls Raptors mascot following controversial late-game moment</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2022-01-12T15:10:15-08:00">January 12th, 3:10pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2022-01-12T15:12:15-08:00">January 12th, 3:12pm</time><address><a>Karl Rasmussen</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/raptors-news-suns-star-devin-booker-banishes-toronto-mascot-after-distracting-display-with-game-on-line/">Phoenix Suns star Devin Booker</a> had a bizarre and controversial moment late in the fourth quarter against the Toronto Raptors on Tuesday night. The Raptors mascot attempted to distract Booker while the shooting guard took a pair of free throws. Booker didn’t take too kindly to that, and snitched on the mascot to the officials. The Raptor was made to move from under the basket and stand off to the side as Booker shot his free throws. Well, after their exchange on Tuesday, <a href="https://twitter.com/DevinBook/status/1481395526989979655">Booker trolled the mascot</a> with an updated Twitter profile picture on Wednesday.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="und"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NewProfilePic?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#NewProfilePic</a> <a href="https://t.co/WnUyNxt1JQ" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/WnUyNxt1JQ</a></p><p>— Book (@DevinBook) <a href="https://twitter.com/DevinBook/status/1481395526989979655?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">January 12, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>Booker savagely trolled the Raptors and their mascot by changing his default picture on Twitter to a photo of The Raptor sitting in timeout after being ordered to move by the referees. The Suns’ star claimed that he and The Raptor made up after the game on Tuesday night, and that they had kindled a surprising friendship.</p><p>Just because the two had made up after the game doesn’t mean that Booker wasn’t going to have some fun at the expense of The Raptor, and that’s precisely what the All-Star did on Wednesday. Booker’s tweet quickly went viral as fans reacted to his updated profile picture.</p><p>It was Booker and the Suns who got the last laugh on Tuesday night, earning a 99-95 win over the Raptors. Booker followed up his 16-point performance with a hilarious jab at the mascot on Wednesday. The Raptors and Suns square off again in mid-March, though the game will be held in Phoenix. Maybe Toronto’s mascot will find a way to make the trip out West in order to keep this feud alive.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Suns’ Devin Booker trolls Raptors mascot following controversial late-game moment

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Devin-Booker-banishes-Raptors-mascot-after-distracting-display-with-game-on-line.jpeg"></figure><h1>Suns’ Devin Booker banishes Raptors mascot after distracting display with game on line</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2022-01-11T20:12:15-08:00">January 11th, 8:12pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2022-01-11T20:34:27-08:00">January 11th, 8:34pm</time><address><a href="https://medium.com/@rpsalao">R.P. Salao</a>Check out my best stuff on Medium - medium.com/@rpsalao.I also post quality NBA YouTube content - tinyurl.com/SalaoYouTube.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Toronto Raptors are once again an unfortunate outlier for NBA home court advantage this season. They’re the only team to play without home fans this season, due to the regulations set by the local government.</p><p>The Raptors mascot, appropriately named <i>The Raptor</i>, tried to embody the entire fan base against the Phoenix Suns. With the game in the balance on a pair of Devin Booker free throws, he stood on the baseline and tried to mess with the Suns shooting guard – which he definitely did not appreciate.</p><p>Booker made his first free throw to give the Suns a 94-92 lead, but then <a href="https://twitter.com/WorldWideWob/status/1481097210519441409?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1481097210519441409%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fclutchpoints.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost-new.php">began calling out</a> the Raptors mascot to get the referees to banish him from direct view. The mascot then made his walk of shame towards the corner of the playing court.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Devin Booker upset that the Raptors mascot, the only fan in the building, is behind the hoop distracting him with the game on the line. Refs send him to timeout in the corner. <a href="https://t.co/F9zLGPPD5D" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/F9zLGPPD5D</a></p><p>— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) <a href="https://twitter.com/WorldWideWob/status/1481097210519441409?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">January 12, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>Booker eventually sank the second free throw after getting some help from a friendly rim. Hard to imagine cooler heads would have prevailed had he missed. He’ll take the 99-95 win, though.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">what Devin Booker sees at the line. <a href="https://t.co/V9KZIg7rYd" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/V9KZIg7rYd</a></p><p>— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) <a href="https://twitter.com/WorldWideWob/status/1481100460127784960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">January 12, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>But given the disadvantage that the Raptors are already playing with in an empty arena, it might be a small consolation to still have an energetic, distracting mascot on the sidelines. Just <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/suns-news-kendall-jenner-drops-devin-booker-all-star-endorsement/">don’t tell Devin Booker that.</a></p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Suns’ Devin Booker banishes Raptors mascot after distracting display with game on line

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Suns-Devin-Booker-Kendall-Jenner.jpeg"></figure><h1>Kendall Jenner drops All-Star endorsement for boyfriend, Suns star Devin Booker</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2022-01-07T13:43:35-08:00">January 7th, 1:43pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2022-01-07T13:43:35-08:00">January 7th, 1:43pm</time><address><a>Sam DiGiovanni</a>Marist College '22 | Victor Cruz and RJ Barrett are my GOATs</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Phoenix Suns are steamrolling the NBA once again. They became the first team to win 30 games this season due to their elite offense and even better defense. It’s not a matter of <i>if</i>, but <i>who </i>on Phoenix’s roster gets named an All-Star.</p><p>Devin Booker has been doing his part by <a href="https://twitter.com/KellanOlson/status/1479550352458326017?s=20">voting for his teammates</a>. He got a sizable vote himself from his girlfriend, Kendall Jenner. Tweets with a player’s name written in hashtag form alongside the hashtag “NBAAllStar” count as votes, as do retweets. Receiving an All-Star vote via a tweet from someone with over 30 million Twitter followers is a big boost for the Suns’ star.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">y’all know i wanna see <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DevinBooker?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#DevinBooker</a> play in the All-Star Game <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NBAAllStar?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#NBAAllStar</a> 🤍</p><p>— Kendall (@KendallJenner) <a href="https://twitter.com/KendallJenner/status/1479500810895593476?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">January 7, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>Booker’s stats are impressive — a team-leading 23.5 points to go along with 5.5 rebounds and 4.5 assists — but not as gaudy as they have been in years past. His fifth-place finish among Western Conference guards in the first returns from <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-news-stephen-curry-kevin-durant-headline-first-2022-all-star-fan-voting-returns/">2022 All-Star fan voting</a> suggests he won’t be named an All-Star starter. Still, since he is leading the Suns in scoring and is one of their most important players, he will most likely find himself as an All-Star reserve.</p><p>Although Booker’s scoring is the lowest it has been since the 2016-17 season, he is shooting a career-high 40.5 percent on 3-pointers and is playing the fewest minutes per game of his career since that season. His scoring is just around where it has always been <a href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/b/bookede01.html#per_minute">per 36 minutes</a>. Due to his marvelous scoring abilities and the Suns’ success, Booker should see himself making his third straight All-Star game.</p><p>Phoenix sent Booker and Chris Paul to the All-Star game last year. They seem like the most plausible picks this year, too, though DeAndre Ayton is making a convincing case, as he is second on the team in scoring.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Kendall Jenner drops All-Star endorsement for boyfriend, Suns star Devin Booker

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Suns-Monty-Williams-Chris-Paul-Devin-Booker.jpg"></figure><h1>Suns head coach Monty Williams drops 2020 NBA Finals truth bomb on Chris Paul, Devin Booker</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2022-01-06T17:24:54-08:00">January 6th, 5:24pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2022-01-06T17:26:40-08:00">January 6th, 5:26pm</time><address><a>Tim Capurso</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Phoenix Suns made an incredible and improbable run to the NBA Finals last year, led by head coach Monty Williams and stars Chris Paul and Devin Booker. The Suns gave the Milwaukee Bucks a run for their money but ultimately fell just short of the title in seven hard-fought games. In an <a href="https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/32963996/how-journeyman-found-chasing-return-nba-finals">interview with ESPN</a>, Williams recounted the NBA Finals series, dropping a shocking truth bomb on Paul and Booker.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Monty Williams opened up to ESPN about his team’s run to the Finals and revealed some of the previously unknown challenges his team was facing <a href="https://t.co/QwBThZblkN" target="_blank">https://t.co/QwBThZblkN</a> <a href="https://t.co/LhJJ3gJP1z" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/LhJJ3gJP1z</a></p><p>— Dave McMenamin (@mcten) <a href="https://twitter.com/mcten/status/1479248986213011460?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">January 7, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>Wow. Suns head coach Monty Williams is basically saying that Chris Paul and Devin Booker, as well as key reserve Jae Crowder, shouldn’t have played in the NBA Finals against the Bucks.</p><p>Williams specifically referenced Game 3 in regard to Booker and Crowder, as Booker was dealing with a hamstring injury, which essentially forced him to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/suns-news-devin-booker-shocking-injury-from-nba-finals-revealed/">play on one leg</a>. Williams has acknowledged the Booker injury before but it’s very noteworthy to hear him say that the Suns star probably shouldn’t have played. Paul was nursing finger and wrist injuries as well.</p><p>Suns fans, already huge fans of Booker and Paul, likely have a whole new appreciation for them after hearing this shocking revelation from Williams. Not to mention a feeling of what could have been had the two stars been healthy.</p><p>Even though the Suns fell just short of their goal, Chris Paul and Devin Booker clearly gave everything they had to Monty Williams and the Phoenix franchise.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Suns head coach Monty Williams drops 2020 NBA Finals truth bomb on Chris Paul, Devin Booker

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Suns-news-Devin-Booker_s-stern-5-word-message-after-upset-loss-vs.-Celtics.jpg"></figure><h1>Suns star Devin Booker’s stern 5-word message after upset loss vs. Celtics</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-12-31T20:55:24-08:00">December 31st, 8:55pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-12-31T20:55:24-08:00">December 31st, 8:55pm</time><address><a href="https://medium.com/@rpsalao">R.P. Salao</a>Check out my best stuff on Medium - medium.com/@rpsalao.I also post quality NBA YouTube content - tinyurl.com/SalaoYouTube.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Phoenix Suns did not look like themselves on New Year’s Eve. Devin Booker and the Suns found themselves down by as many as 30 points against the Boston Celtics, eventually falling by a slightly more respectable deficit, 123-108.</p><p>Book was all business in the postgame press conference after the loss. The disappointment from the Suns star was palpable, despite the relatively cookie-cutter responses.</p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/DuaneRankin/status/1477021895178567686">Via</a> Duane Rankin:</p><blockquote>“We’ll be better next game,” said proclaimed.“We have to do better in leading and holding each other accountable,” the Suns guard continued.</blockquote><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"We'll be better next game." </p><p>Devin Booker as he said <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Suns?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Suns</a> lacked effort and energy. </p><p>In Charlotte on Sunday. Beat Hornets by 31 in Phoenix Dec. 19. <a href="https://t.co/a2SQvInEXM" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/a2SQvInEXM</a></p><p>— Duane Rankin (@DuaneRankin) <a href="https://twitter.com/DuaneRankin/status/1477021895178567686?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">December 31, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><blockquote> </blockquote><p>Granted they were playing without starters Deandre Ayton and Jae Crowder, but the Celtics were down Jayson Tatum on the other side. The energy and effort that’s been so key to the Suns’ success was just not there to end the calendar year.</p><p>For a team that’s tasted defeat so few times this season, they have been prone to letting deficits get away from them. The Suns have only lost eight times, but eight of those losses have been by nine points or more.</p><p>But better to learn these lessons during the season, when the games don’t matter just as much. The Phoenix Suns look poised to make a run right back to the NBA Finals like last season, but their road back will be <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/warriors-news-klay-thompson-latest-step-with-steph-curry-will-have-dubs-fans-in-their-feelings/">far from unencumbered.</a></p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Suns star Devin Booker’s stern 5-word message after upset loss vs. Celtics

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Suns-news-Devin-Booker-hilariously-shades-former-coach-for-holding-him-back-from-history.jpeg"></figure><h1>Suns guard Devin Booker hilariously shades former coach for holding him back from history</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-12-29T21:55:30-08:00">December 29th, 9:55pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-12-29T21:55:54-08:00">December 29th, 9:55pm</time><address><a>Justin Bell</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker became the seventh-youngest player to score 10,000 career points on Wednesday night’s 115-97 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder. He thinks that number should be a little bit higher, though, and he let everyone know that it’s his former head coach <a href="https://twitter.com/GeraldBourguet/status/1476418011393265665">Jeff Hornacek’s fault.</a></p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Devin Booker on being the 7th-youngest to hit 10,000 career points: "Honestly, this one means a lot. I think 10k is better than the 5, 6,7. I feel like it's a real milestone that I hit."</p><p>Then he joked: "If Hornacek put me in more, I'd be at about 12 right now."</p><p>— Gerald Bourguet (@GeraldBourguet) <a href="https://twitter.com/GeraldBourguet/status/1476418011393265665?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">December 30, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>It is fair to wonder how many points Booker would have if Hornacek had given him a little bit more run, but can you blame the coach for not playing a rookie Booker more than <a href="https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3136193/devin-booker">27 minutes per game</a>? That is a lot of minutes for a rookie, especially a 19-year-old one like he was. Obviously, you have to be able to notice greatness when you see it and that was part of the reason that Hornacek is no longer the head coach. But to put 2,000 career points on the back of your former coach is a little silly.</p><p>Not to mention, the Suns tanked the 2017-18 season to get the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_NBA_draft">first pick in the 2018 NBA draft</a> and take DeAndre Ayton and that was the season in which Booker has played the least amount of minutes of his entire career. So, if he has any gripes it should be with his organization and not his former head coach.</p><p>He probably shouldn’t have any issues at all, though, as everything that happened to him and the team has led to the Suns becoming one of the best squads in the NBA. After finishing 2020-21 as the number two seed in the Western Conference, the Suns are now<a href="https://www.nba.com/standings"> 27-7</a>, good for the second-best record in the entire <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/hawks-news-superstar-trae-young-calls-out-nbas-double-standard-amid-rise-in-covid-19-cases/">NBA</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Suns guard Devin Booker hilariously shades former coach for holding him back from history

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Day81.00.04.jpg"></figure><h1>Suns superstar Devin Booker joins LeBron James, Kevin Durant in history books</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-12-29T21:46:16-08:00">December 29th, 9:46pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-12-29T21:47:13-08:00">December 29th, 9:47pm</time><address><a>Kendall Capps</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Phoenix Suns won on Wednesday, beating the Oklahoma City Thunder 115-97. That snapped a 2-game losing streak and improved the Suns record to 27-7. That is tied for the best record in the NBA alongside the Golden State Warriors.</p><p>In the win, Suns superstar Devin Booker went off again, dropping a game-high 38 points on 12-24 shooting. He knocked down six treys and chipped in with seven rebounds, five assists and two blocks in victory.</p><p>According to ESPN Stats &amp; Info, <a href="https://twitter.com/ESPNStatsInfo/status/1476412731481673730">Booker joined LeBron James and Kevin Durant as the only players in NBA history</a> to score 10,000 points and hit 800 three-pointers before turning 26 years of age. Not even Stephen Curry accomplished that feat. Even though he would have had he entered the league as young as these three players.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Devin Booker is the 7th-youngest player in NBA history to score 10,000 points, behind only LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Kobe Bryant, Carmelo Anthony, Tracy McGrady and Giannis Antetokounmpo.</p><p>He joins LeBron and KD as the only players with 10,000 Pts and 800 3PM before turning 26. <a href="https://t.co/vFVy7bDByU" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/vFVy7bDByU</a></p><p>— ESPN Stats &amp; Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) <a href="https://twitter.com/ESPNStatsInfo/status/1476412731481673730?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">December 30, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>He also became the 7th youngest player ever to score 10,000 points. The six ahead on the list are LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Kobe Bryant, Carmelo Anthony, Tracy McGrady and Giannis Antetokounmpo.</p><p>After Steph Curry seemingly changed the way the NBA was played, a new generation of shooting stars have emerged. Booker, Trae Young, Ja Morant, Donovan Mitchell and Jamal Murray highlight the new crop of shooters. Booker is easily one of the best young players in the league.</p><p>Don’t forget, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/how-devin-booker-dropped-70-points-vs-celtics-including-a-bizarre-ending/" rel="noopener">he dropped 70 points in a game back in 2017 vs. the Boston Celtics.</a> He is only the sixth player ever to score 70 points in a single game.</p><p>Alongside future Hall of Fame point guard Chris Paul, and big man Deandre Ayton, the Suns look to avenge their NBA Finals loss last season.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Suns superstar Devin Booker joins LeBron James, Kevin Durant in history books

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Devin-Booker-hits-sweet-scoring-milestone-vs.-Thunder.jpg"></figure><h1>Devin Booker hits sweet scoring milestone for Suns vs. Thunder</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-12-29T19:37:57-08:00">December 29th, 7:37pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-12-29T19:37:57-08:00">December 29th, 7:37pm</time><address><a>Jon Conahan</a>Penn State 22'</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Devin Booker of the Phoenix Suns has <a href="https://twitter.com/Suns/status/1476376119171448833">surpassed</a> the 10,000 point mark and becomes the seventh youngest player in NBA history to reach the milestone.</p><p>He is one of the best guards in all of the NBA and there is certainly a point to make that he is the best guard in the NBA. The way he can score the basketball is a thing of beauty and he’s certainly a top-five pure scorer in all of the NBA.</p><p>Devin Booker has been a major reason for the Suns’ recent <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/3-suns-2022-new-years-resolutions-for-chris-paul-and-crew/" rel="noopener">success</a>. Even before they found the type of success that they have in the past season and a half, he was still out there getting buckets. Any of the Suns’ success needs to be heavily credited to the way Booker has evolved his game. The best part about it is he has even developed defensively and is really forming into a great all-around superstar.</p><p>Phoenix has been playing like one of the best teams in the NBA once again this season and as long as Booker can stay healthy, they will continue finding success. He is only 25 years old and will certainly be the franchise player of the Suns. Considering that they are winning, there is no reason for him to leave and it will be a great thing to have such a bright star in a smaller market. He is one of the best scorers the league has and he showed that by scoring 10,000 points.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Devin Booker hits sweet scoring milestone for Suns vs. Thunder

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Ja-Morant-speaks-out-on-epic-game-winner-vs-Devin-Booker-Suns.jpg"></figure><h1>Grizzlies star Ja Morant speaks out on epic game-winner vs. Devin Booker, Suns</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-12-27T21:08:29-08:00">December 27th, 9:08pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-12-27T21:09:18-08:00">December 27th, 9:09pm</time><address><a>Angelo Guinhawa</a>Angelo Guinhawa is a basketball and soccer/football editor/writer. He uses his background in digital marketing to make sure you get to read his work. He has previously worked for FOX Sports PH and a number of reputable sports media outlets. If he's not writing or watching sports, he's likely scouring online for his next NBA card purchase.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Against the Phoenix Suns on Monday, Ja Morant showed everyone why the Memphis Grizzlies need him.</p><p>While a lot has been said how Memphis has found success without their star guard, Morant let his game do the talking and proved why the Grizzlies are better with him on the floor. With five seconds left on the clock and the team trailing the Suns, 113-112, Ja took matters into his own hands and delivered the game-winner for Grind City.</p><p>It looked like Morant won’t be able to make it through the Suns’ tough defense, but he is one of the <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPointsApp/status/1475684895686946817" rel="noopener">most brilliant scorers</a> for a reason.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">JA MORANT CALLED GAME 💪🏽😤<a href="https://t.co/6tJNTDMQ3T" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/6tJNTDMQ3T</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPointsApp/status/1475684895686946817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">December 28, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>Right after the game, Ja Morant opened up about the game plan for the last shot. He admitted that it was their plan all along to fake a hand off and attack the basket, and that’s what he did. However, it certainly wasn’t as easy as it sounds.</p><p>The Grizzlies guard also heaped praise on his team for stepping up amid the COVID-19 outbreak and injuries that caused them to miss key players–including the young star himself.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"I was suppose to fake a hand off and get a bucket, and that's what I did."<a href="https://twitter.com/JaMorant?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@JaMorant</a> speaks to <a href="https://twitter.com/brevinknight22?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@brevinknight22</a> after the game-winner against the Suns. <a href="https://t.co/5DOhBFpskD" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/5DOhBFpskD</a></p><p>— Bally Sports: Grizzlies (@GrizzOnBally) <a href="https://twitter.com/GrizzOnBally/status/1475686204393803778?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">December 28, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>Morant finished the game against the Suns with 33 points on top of four rebounds, four assists and two steals. He <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/scores/nba/boxscore/memphis-grizzlies-phoenix-suns-12-28-2021/46baf9d4-35b0-4585-864a-b1d47820c264" rel="noopener">went 14-of-25 from the field</a> (3-of-5 from deep) for a rather efficient outing, as he and Desmond Bane combined for a total of 65 points in the 114-113 victory.</p><p>With the way the Grizzlies are playing, Memphis fans certainly have a lot to look forward to in the future.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Grizzlies star Ja Morant speaks out on epic game-winner vs. Devin Booker, Suns

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Suns-news-Devin-Booker-sounds-off-on-getting-outplayed-by-Stephen-Curry-Warriors.jpeg"></figure><h1>Suns’ Devin Booker sounds off on getting outplayed by Stephen Curry, Warriors</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-12-26T05:38:49-08:00">December 26th, 5:38am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-12-26T12:53:39-08:00">December 26th, 12:53pm</time><address><a href="https://medium.com/@rpsalao">R.P. Salao</a>Check out my best stuff on Medium - medium.com/@rpsalao.I also post quality NBA YouTube content - tinyurl.com/SalaoYouTube.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Phoenix Suns were humbled on the court on Saturday night — a phrase they haven’t heard very often this season. Of their six losses, two of them have been at the hands of Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors.</p><p>Devin Booker was willing to admit that the Warriors were simply the better team on the evening. The Suns star was brutally honest on his assessment of their Christmas Day defeat.</p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/DuaneRankin/status/1474916621563006981?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1474916621563006981%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fclutchpoints.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost-new.php">Via</a> Duane Rankin:</p><blockquote>“Hats off to that team,” said the Suns star. “They played well tonight on both ends throughout the game, and that’s that. They wanted it more and they played like it. We just have to take this loss and move on to our next game.”</blockquote><p>It’s not very often that the <a href="http://fanatics.93n6tx.net/rnRrYD" rel="noopener">Phoenix Suns</a> get outworked in any contest. But the Warriors’ effort matched the Suns’ — and then some. Even head coach Monty Williams had to admit that the other side simply <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/warriors-news-stephen-curry-vocal-on-golden-state-taking-it-personally-against-chris-paul-suns/">gave it more than their squad did:</a></p><blockquote>“They played harder than us,” admitted the Suns coach. “And it’s rare that I would consider saying that about our team.”</blockquote><p>The Phoenix Suns dropped to second in the Western Conference totem pole for the time being. While it’s only a regular-season contest, the loss to the <a href="http://fanatics.93n6tx.net/za2bWm" rel="noopener">Warriors</a> is a stern reminder of the work they still need to put in to get back to the NBA Finals.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Suns’ Devin Booker sounds off on getting outplayed by Stephen Curry, Warriors

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This year, the two-time NBA All-Star’s wish was granted as the Suns took on the Golden State Warriors in the battle of the two best teams in the West.</p><p>“We need a Christmas game @NBA,” Booker <a href="https://twitter.com/DevinBook/status/945459278990655489">tweeted in 2017</a>.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">We need a Christmas game <a href="https://twitter.com/NBA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@NBA</a> 🤷🏻‍♂️</p><p>— Book (@DevinBook) <a href="https://twitter.com/DevinBook/status/945459278990655489?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">December 26, 2017</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Four years later, <a href="https://twitter.com/DevinBook?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@DevinBook</a> gets his Christmas wish! 🎅 <a href="https://t.co/LP3Zh3QpMd" target="_blank">https://t.co/LP3Zh3QpMd</a></p><p>— Phoenix Suns (@Suns) <a href="https://twitter.com/Suns/status/1474814437529821189?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">December 25, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p> </p><p>Unfortunately, the Suns fell short-handed and loss to the Warriors 116-107. The emphatic win saw the Dubs surpassing Phoenix in the standings.</p><p>Booker failed to put on a show at home, having scored just 13 points in 40 minutes of basketball. Stephen Curry on the other hand, was the man of the hour, who finished the game with a game-high 33 points.</p><p>Speaking to the media after the game, Booker admitted that the Warriors were the better team “the whole game” but despite acknowledging that it was a special game, he stressed that the Suns are now looking forward to “the next game.”</p><blockquote>“They [the Warriors] played well tonight, on both ends throughout the whole game and that’s that they wanted it more an they played like it,” Booker <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfW0lD_mM0Q">told reporters post game</a>. “We should have to take this loss and move on to our next game, the 27th versus Memphis and that’s that.”“It’s ‘it’s on to the next game mentality,” he added.</blockquote><p>Booker and the Suns will be facing the Memphis Grizzlies on Tuesday as they try to reclaim their No. 1 spot in the standings.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Suns’ Devin Booker gets Christmas wish granted with a bittersweet ending

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Devin-Booker-drops-bottom-line-on-skeptics-of-last-season_s-NBA-Finals-run.jpeg"></figure><h1>Devin Booker drops bottom line on skeptics of Suns’ NBA Finals run</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-12-21T08:13:53-08:00">December 21st, 8:13am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-12-21T08:13:53-08:00">December 21st, 8:13am</time><address><a href="https://medium.com/@rpsalao">R.P. Salao</a>Check out my best stuff on Medium - medium.com/@rpsalao.I also post quality NBA YouTube content - tinyurl.com/SalaoYouTube.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p> </p><p>The Phoenix Suns own the best record in the NBA this season, building off from their NBA Finals appearance just a few months back. They went from perennial cellar dweller to NBA contender in a short span of time, which lessens their shine compared to the similarly-ranked Golden State Warriors.</p><p>While they don’t have the same championship pedigree as the Warriors, Devin Booker emphasizes that they have zero to prove as they chase for a title once again this season. The Suns are finding success on their own terms.</p><p><a href="https://www.espn.com/nba/insider/story/_/id/32912864/lowe-how-phoenix-suns-silenced-skeptics-became-even-more-dangerous-last-year">Via</a> Zach Lowe of ESPN:</p><blockquote>“We are not out to prove anything to anybody,” Booker says on the Suns’ success. “We are winning, and we do it in a way that is sustainable. It might seem like we went from the bottom to the top quick, but I’m not surprised. A couple of players can change everything. This system and culture — it’s fun to be part of it.”</blockquote><p>The Suns added longtime veteran guard Jarrett Jack on their coaching staff, who dropped the harsh reality that many wrote off their Finals appearance as a fluke.</p><blockquote>“We heard the noise,” Devin Booker, Phoenix’s star guard, says. “But it was almost better hearing it from someone [Jack] who wasn’t in our program last year. He confirmed it.”</blockquote><p>The Suns aren’t blocking out the haters. They simply don’t care. Devin Booker and Co. are winning this season and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/suns-news-devin-booker-reacts-to-beating-hornets-by-31-in-return-from-hamstring-injury/">will let their play do the talking.</a></p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Devin Booker drops bottom line on skeptics of Suns’ NBA Finals run

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Devin-Booker-Suns-Hornets.jpg"></figure><h1>Suns’ Devin Booker reacts to beating Hornets by 31 in return from hamstring injury</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-12-20T06:31:55-08:00">December 20th, 6:31am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-12-20T06:32:38-08:00">December 20th, 6:32am</time><address><a>Johnny Recks</a>Johnny Recks has been a writer for ClutchPoints since 2020, covering NFL, NBA, NHL, WWE, and more.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Devin Booker made his much-awaited return to action for the Phoenix Suns Sunday, but his presence on the floor against the Charlotte Hornets looked like overkill on the part of his team. The Suns absolutely smashed Charlotte in a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-odds-hornets-suns-prediction-odds-pick-and-more-12-19-2021/">137-106</a> victory at home, with Booker tallying 16 points on 6/15 shooting from the field.</p><p>Following the game, Booker spoke about how hard it was for him to feel helpless on the sidelines during the stretch that he was out, per Duan Rankin of <a href="https://twitter.com/DuaneRankin/status/1472778458472189955">AZ Central</a>.</p><blockquote>“It’s not easy sitting over there on that sideline for a substantial amount of time, but we have a really good team.”Devin Booker as he returned from a hamstring injury that sidelined him for seven games.</blockquote><p>Booker also revealed how his teammates helped him to get in game shape ahead of the meeting with the Hornets.</p><p>Via <a href="https://twitter.com/GeraldBourguet/status/1472775783504564232">Gerald Bourguet of PHNX Sports</a>:</p><blockquote>Devin Booker said on Friday the guys came in on an off-day to get some scrimmaging in to help him test his body and get some run</blockquote><p>During the time that Booker was sidelined, the Suns still managed to win five of seven games, a testament to the depth and resiliency of the Suns. He was a bit rusty against the Hornets, as evidenced by his salty shooting efficiency, but he should be a whole lot better going forward.</p><p>Up next for the Suns is a marquee matchup against the Los Angeles Lakers down in Hollywood on <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/phoenix-suns/schedule">Tuesday</a>.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Suns’ Devin Booker reacts to beating Hornets by 31 in return from hamstring injury

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