Devin Booker scored 58 points Saturday night and reminded us, and the Suns, why games in December matter.
Late Saturday night, after he had set an arena record by scoring 58 points, after he had scored the 12,000thpoint of his career, after he had lifted the Suns from 24 points down to victory, Devin Booker found perspective as easily as he did the basket the previous 2 ½ hours.“I always bring it back to the franchise that believed in me,” Booker said, “that drafted an 18-year-old kid out of Kentucky.
Part of the beauty of sports is that the script of a game is really just an outline. NBA games are limited to 48 minutes, plus overtime, if necessary. Much of what happens within those minutes is ad-libbed. Show up or tune in on a random December evening and you might see a 26-year-old make 21 of 35 shots, including 5 of 7 threes, score 25 consecutive points and not just will a team to victory, but load it up and take it there.
That’s true. And it also made me think. What other professional athlete in Arizona is at Booker’s level right now?The Cardinals are in a freefall. Quarterback Kyler Murray was playing the worst football of his career before suffering a torn knee ligament last week, and receiver DeAndre Hopkins was suspended the first six games of the season.
You know who made it a thing Saturday about the regular season? Williams did. And Booker did. They realize you can't be playing at your best in April if you haven't been tested in December.The Pelicans had beaten the Suns twice in New Orleans the week before. Booker and Williams knew the significance of not letting the Pelicans win Saturday, which would have given them the season series against the Suns.
Booker then took tone-setting duties upon himself. He shot the Suns back into the game by scoring 20 points in the third quarter.
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