Devin Booker went for a season-high 51 points in Phoenix's win over the Chicago Bulls on Wednesday night.
Everybody in Footprint Center knew it and started rising when he began bringing the ball up the court a point shy of the half-century mark.No worries. Booker decided to take it upon himself.Give him a season-high 51 in three quarters of action in leading Phoenix to a dominant 132-113 victory over Chicago before a sellout crowd of 17,071 that had every right to chant “MVP! MVP!”The six makes from deep ties a career-high he’s now set 18 times. He’ll hit seven one day.
They salvaged the season with an 8-0 run in the bubble to give them tremendous momentum going into the offseason, but Suns General Manager James Jones knew he had to do something big.The Booker-Ayton tandem became a Booker-Paul duo with Ayton setting screens, defending and sacrificing his offense for the betterment of the team.
They made it look easy against Chicago, which has had some huge wins of late over Boston and Milwaukee. Booker was scoring with such ease, Bulls coach Billy Donovan literally walked onto the court and screamed ‘TIMEOUT!’Cameron Payne has done a solid job in Paul’s absence, the Suns play faster with him out there, but Paul has more experience, takes care of the ball better and the guy you want out there with everything on the line, especially if he’s healthy.
So maybe this is the year Paul can truly be a facilitator who scores when needed and the Booker-Ayton connection can do what it was put together to do – lead the Suns to an NBA title.Jones said Tuesday that “no one expected” Damion Lee to “have these opportunities except” him.
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