Devin Booker scores 45 points, leads Suns to win over Clippers

Gerald Bourguet: Final: PHX 129, LAC 124 Booker: 45 Pts, 7 Reb, 18-29 FG Durant: 28-6-5, 8-15 FG Craig: 15 Pts, 3-4 3P Ayton: 12 Pts, 11 Reb, 4-9 FG Powell: 42 Pts, 15-23 FG Suns take a 2-1 lead in the seriesSource: Twitter @GeraldBourguet What’s the buzz on Twitter? Duane Rankin @DuaneRankin “He ran back and told me I created that when I probably didn’t.” Kevin Durant on Devin Booker telling him he was creating shots for him in his 45-point game. #Suns #Clippers #NBAPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/PEVdHuWgc8 – 5:14 AM Duane Rankin @DuaneRankin “Great performance.” Kevin Durant on Devin Booker’s 45-point effort in #Suns Game 3 win over #Clippers. #NBAPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/OYehyUqMxy – 5:09 AM Kurt Helin @basketballtalk Without Leonard, Clippers have no answers for Booker, Durant, Suns win nba.nbcsports.com/2023/04/21/wit… – 5:07 AM Duane Rankin @DuaneRankin “I love it.” Devin Booker on being in scoring mode after 45-point night in Game 3 win. #Suns #NBAPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/fkNSaOhYtc – 4:57 AM Duane Rankin @DuaneRankin “I expect the #Clippers to make an adjustment, try to take me away and it’ll be his turn to do it. That’s just how we play.” Devin Booker on playing with Kevin Durant after scoring 45 points in Game 3 with Durant dropping 28. #Suns #NBAPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/8PVtRLYimf – 4:39 AM Duane Rankin @DuaneRankin “We needed every last bit of it tonight.” Chris Paul on Devin Booker 45-point blast in #Suns Game 3 win over #Clippers. #NBAPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/dF71lTppYb – 4:31 AM Kellan Olson @KellanOlson I have seen Devin Booker reach new ceilings at various points of his career. This right now is something different:arizonasports.com/story/3520921/… – 4:23 AM Sam Vecenie @Sam_Vecenie Went solo on the podcast and dove into the three playoff games -Devin Booker paints a masterpiece, Suns need more from Ayton -Bizarre Nets-76ers game including THREE (!!) Bad Ejection Decisions -Warriors win in a Kevon Looney legacy game WATCH: https://t.co/B5cme4WsvH pic.twitter.com/uSjbvVYJPZ – 3:22 AM Duane Rankin @DuaneRankin “He must have heard me last game when I said he got to do it every game.” Josh Okogie on Devin Booker after Booker’s 45-point performance in #Suns Game 3 win over #Clippers. Booker scored 38 in Game 2 win. – 2:51 AM Duane Rankin @DuaneRankin “I told him after Game 1 he was the thermostat of the team. He set the tone and temperature for 48 minutes.” Monty Williams on Devin Booker scoring 45 points in #Suns Game 3 win to take 2-1 series lead. Booker played 45 minutes in Game 3 after playing 45 in Game 2 win. pic.twitter.com/DE9AvtMWHR – 2:44 AM Kellan Olson @KellanOlson Devin Booker with 45 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals, 2 blocks and zero turnovers tonight. He is the first player in NBA playoff history to reach all those thresholds without a turnover, per @Stathead. – 2:41 AM Janis Carr @janiscarr Clippers can’t get it done without both their stars, lose 129-124. Booker has 45 points. Norm Powell is the Clippers’ high scorer with 42. – 2:36 AM Duane Rankin @DuaneRankin “I love it. This is my life. I dedicate my whole entire life and I have since I was a kid to this sport and this game. When you have it going like that on the big stage, there’s nothing else you can ask for.” Devin Booker after 45-point blast in #Suns Game 3 win over #Clippers. – 2:35 AM Duane Rankin @DuaneRankin Devin Booker explodes for 45 as Phoenix Suns take 2-1 series lead over L.A. Clippers azcentral.com/story/sports/n… via @azcentral – 2:19 AM Gerald Bourguet @GeraldBourguet Devin Booker on what it’s like when he enters that zone: “I love it. This is my life. I dedicate my whole entire life and I have since a kid to this sport and this game.” pic.twitter.com/BlCZpzmYuQ – 2:09 AM Gerald Bourguet @GeraldBourguet Kevin Durant on Devin Booker’s performance: “All-time. Great performance. In the playoffs on the road, Game 3, 45, on that efficiency. I almost expect stuff like this from him at this point in his career.” – 1:54 AM Gerald Bourguet @GeraldBourguet Asked how he’s feeling physically after only sitting for 12 minutes in these 3 playoff games, Devin Booker said, “If it was up to me, I wouldn’t even have been out those 12 minutes.” – 1:52 AM Sam Vecenie @Sam_Vecenie Going live here in like five minutes to talk Devin Booker’s masterpiece, James Harden’s ejection, the Warriors’ win over the Kings, and more.youtube.com/live/CCp3VCQPN… – 1:47 AM Chris Palmer @ChrisPalmerNBA Book is lethal. 45 piece. 36 ppg in the playoffs. – 1:45 AM Andrew Greif @AndrewGreif Ty Lue called Devin Booker and free throws (PHX shot 21 more than LAC) the areas that hurt them most. “I loved our fight and our competitive nature tonight … some calls just didn’t go our way.” – 1:28 AM Melissa Rohlin @melissarohlin Monty Williams on how m

Apr 21, 2023 - 06:00
Devin Booker scores 45 points, leads Suns to win over Clippers
Gerald Bourguet: Final: PHX 129, LAC 124 Booker: 45 Pts, 7 Reb, 18-29 FG Durant: 28-6-5, 8-15 FG Craig: 15 Pts, 3-4 3P Ayton: 12 Pts, 11 Reb, 4-9 FG Powell: 42 Pts, 15-23 FG Suns take a 2-1 lead in the series
Source: Twitter @GeraldBourguet

What’s the buzz on Twitter?

Duane Rankin @DuaneRankin
“He ran back and told me I created that when I probably didn’t.”
Kevin Durant on Devin Booker telling him he was creating shots for him in his 45-point game. #Suns #Clippers #NBAPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/PEVdHuWgc85:14 AM
Duane Rankin @DuaneRankin
“Great performance.”
Kevin Durant on Devin Booker’s 45-point effort in #Suns Game 3 win over #Clippers. #NBAPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/OYehyUqMxy5:09 AM
Kurt Helin @basketballtalk
Without Leonard, Clippers have no answers for Booker, Durant, Suns win nba.nbcsports.com/2023/04/21/wit…5:07 AM
Duane Rankin @DuaneRankin
“I love it.”
Devin Booker on being in scoring mode after 45-point night in Game 3 win. #Suns #NBAPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/fkNSaOhYtc4:57 AM
Duane Rankin @DuaneRankin
“I expect the #Clippers to make an adjustment, try to take me away and it’ll be his turn to do it. That’s just how we play.”
Devin Booker on playing with Kevin Durant after scoring 45 points in Game 3 with Durant dropping 28. #Suns #NBAPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/8PVtRLYimf4:39 AM
Duane Rankin @DuaneRankin
“We needed every last bit of it tonight.”
Chris Paul on Devin Booker 45-point blast in #Suns Game 3 win over #Clippers. #NBAPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/dF71lTppYb4:31 AM
Kellan Olson @KellanOlson
I have seen Devin Booker reach new ceilings at various points of his career.
This right now is something different:arizonasports.com/story/3520921/…4:23 AM
Sam Vecenie @Sam_Vecenie
Went solo on the podcast and dove into the three playoff games
-Devin Booker paints a masterpiece, Suns need more from Ayton
-Bizarre Nets-76ers game including THREE (!!) Bad Ejection Decisions
-Warriors win in a Kevon Looney legacy game
WATCH: https://t.co/B5cme4WsvH pic.twitter.com/uSjbvVYJPZ3:22 AM
Duane Rankin @DuaneRankin
“He must have heard me last game when I said he got to do it every game.”
Josh Okogie on Devin Booker after Booker’s 45-point performance in #Suns Game 3 win over #Clippers.
Booker scored 38 in Game 2 win. – 2:51 AM
Duane Rankin @DuaneRankin
“I told him after Game 1 he was the thermostat of the team. He set the tone and temperature for 48 minutes.”
Monty Williams on Devin Booker scoring 45 points in #Suns Game 3 win to take 2-1 series lead.
Booker played 45 minutes in Game 3 after playing 45 in Game 2 win. pic.twitter.com/DE9AvtMWHR2:44 AM
Kellan Olson @KellanOlson
Devin Booker with 45 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals, 2 blocks and zero turnovers tonight.
He is the first player in NBA playoff history to reach all those thresholds without a turnover, per @Stathead. – 2:41 AM
Janis Carr @janiscarr
Clippers can’t get it done without both their stars, lose 129-124. Booker has 45 points.
Norm Powell is the Clippers’ high scorer with 42. – 2:36 AM
Duane Rankin @DuaneRankin
“I love it. This is my life. I dedicate my whole entire life and I have since I was a kid to this sport and this game. When you have it going like that on the big stage, there’s nothing else you can ask for.”
Devin Booker after 45-point blast in #Suns Game 3 win over #Clippers. – 2:35 AM
Duane Rankin @DuaneRankin
Devin Booker explodes for 45 as Phoenix Suns take 2-1 series lead over L.A. Clippers azcentral.com/story/sports/n… via @azcentral – 2:19 AM
Gerald Bourguet @GeraldBourguet
Devin Booker on what it’s like when he enters that zone: “I love it. This is my life. I dedicate my whole entire life and I have since a kid to this sport and this game.” pic.twitter.com/BlCZpzmYuQ2:09 AM
Gerald Bourguet @GeraldBourguet
Kevin Durant on Devin Booker’s performance: “All-time. Great performance. In the playoffs on the road, Game 3, 45, on that efficiency. I almost expect stuff like this from him at this point in his career.” – 1:54 AM
Gerald Bourguet @GeraldBourguet
Asked how he’s feeling physically after only sitting for 12 minutes in these 3 playoff games, Devin Booker said, “If it was up to me, I wouldn’t even have been out those 12 minutes.” – 1:52 AM
Sam Vecenie @Sam_Vecenie
Going live here in like five minutes to talk Devin Booker’s masterpiece, James Harden’s ejection, the Warriors’ win over the Kings, and more.
youtube.com/live/CCp3VCQPN…1:47 AM
Chris Palmer @ChrisPalmerNBA
Book is lethal. 45 piece. 36 ppg in the playoffs. – 1:45 AM
Andrew Greif @AndrewGreif
Ty Lue called Devin Booker and free throws (PHX shot 21 more than LAC) the areas that hurt them most.
“I loved our fight and our competitive nature tonight … some calls just didn’t go our way.” – 1:28 AM
Melissa Rohlin @melissarohlin
Monty Williams on how much Kevin Durant’s presence opens up the floor for Devin Booker: “I feel bad for Kev sometimes because he’s an expensive decoy out there.” – 1:25 AM
Mark Medina @MarkG_Medina
Suns coach Monty Williams on Devin Booker “being the thermostat of the team.” pic.twitter.com/zi0A9FZGjm1:22 AM
Kellan Olson @KellanOlson
Monty Williams told Devin Booker after Game 1 he was the thermostat of the team. Said Booker set the temperature tonight for all 48 minutes. – 1:22 AM
Jorge Sierra @hoopshype
Devin Booker was the best player of the night.
Norman Powell and Russell Westbrook in the Top 6. pic.twitter.com/t3m1kzTOBC1:22 AM
Duane Rankin @DuaneRankin
Devin Booker finish is one thing.
Was fouled. Hit FT. #Suns went up nine with 42 seconds left in 129-124 Game 3 win.
The fan reaction is priceless. #ClipperNation #NBAPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/LoPKK34ESB1:17 AM
StatMuse @statmuse
Devin Booker this playoffs:
— 1st in points per game
— 2nd in stocks per game
Doing it on both ends of the floor. pic.twitter.com/Wyz0W6x2yQ1:16 AM