Devin Booker scored a game-high 45 points in the Suns' Game 3 victory, attributing much of his success Thursday night to teammate Kevin Durant drawing the Clippers' attention.
Booker scored a game-high 45 points on a blistering 18-for-29 shooting in the Suns' 129-124 victory over the Clippers in Game 3 on Thursday nightat Crypto.com Arena, as Phoenix took a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven first-round series.
Booker has now scored 109 points in the first three games of the series, the most for a Suns player since Charles Barkley in 1994., obviously. He draws a lot of attention," Booker said. "A lot of the buckets I scored, I went right to him right after and said, 'You opened that up.'" Durant scored 28 points himself, going 11-for-11 from the free throw line, as the Clippers threw multiple defenders and looks at him to compensate for"I almost feel bad for Kevin sometimes because he's like an expensive decoy out there," Suns coach Monty Williams joked. "He's standing at the 28-foot hash and the defender is right in his face. That gives Book a number of opportunities to attack the basket.
"Even when we run him in actions ... sometimes two guys go with Kevin when he comes off of a screen. So that opens up the floor for everyone else."Thursday night, Booker went 7-for-11 on open field goal attempts. Of those 11 open attempts, Durant was on the court for 10 of them, according to ESPN Stats"I probably didn't create that," Durant joked afterward, recalling a specific play for which Booker credited him for opening up a shot.
This is the chemistry the Suns were hoping for when they traded for Durant in the middle of the season. The challenge that trade created was sacrificing key role players and depth to create a top-heavy superteam around Booker, Durant,
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