Devin Booker

Devin Booker's Past Buzzer Failures Set Up Suns' Winner

... __link__/5 WC 2 ut KPEM. — Doug Haller (@Doug Haller) March 12, 2017. “That free throw in Chicago really bothered him. It really bothered him,’ Watson said. “As soon as he missed, if you looked at his face, he was cussing the whole way to the bench. I’ve been around Book a long time and you can just see in his face (when) something is wrong. We lost the game in overtime and I could tell it really pissed him off. We talked about that free throw maybe two days later.”. Fast forward to Saturday night. MORE:  Booker's past buzzer failures set up winner vs. Mavs. Booker, who already had scored 23 of his 36 points in the second half, was ready for the moment. With the score tied in the final seconds, he wanted the ball. Watson said the entire arena knew where the Suns were going and it didn’t matter. “Now that he wants every big shot speaks volumes,” Watson said. It does, however, present a minor issue. Watson knows that Booker wants the ball in clutch moments. He also knows Eric Bledsoe wants it just as much. On Nov. 2, the Phoenix point guard ...

Suns' Devin Booker Beats Mavericks At The Buzzer

... LATEST SUNS AND NBA VIDEOS FROM AZCENTRAL SPORTSEarl Watson after Suns' loss to Nets | 2:07. Suns coach Earl Watson discusses his team's shortage of players and how that is starting to weigh on them after Thursday's loss to the Nets in Brooklyn. Doug Haller/azcentral sports. 2 of 12. WATCH THE LATEST SUNS AND NBA VIDEOS FROM AZCENTRAL SPORTSJared Dudley on Suns' loss to Heat | 1:08. Suns forward Jared Dudley discusses recent team injuries and how that impacts a team resting a few star players, following Tuesday's loss to the Miami Heat. Doug Haller/azcentral sports. 3 of 12. WATCH THE LATEST SUNS AND NBA VIDEOS FROM AZCENTRAL SPORTSShot Clock: Would Earl Watson leave the Suns if the UCLA job were to open up? | 2:21. Dan Bickley and Mark Faller discuss the Indiana job opening, which could pull Steve Alford away from UCLA, and whether the Bruins would pursue Suns' head ...

Devin Booker Hits Winning Shot, Suns Beat Mavericks

... especially down the stretch," Phoenix coach Earl Watson said. "Devin played on another level. He's 20 years old, two game winners so far this year. He wanted to take the last shot and he's confident that it'll go in. The kid is going to be pretty special.". Dallas coach Rick Carlisle said the loss was his fault. "Clearly, we should have gone and double-teamed the guy the whole fourth quarter," Carlisle said. "I'm taking full responsibility for this whole thing. Next year when we play these guys again, we'll have to consider double-teaming him earlier.". The Suns have won four of six. They ended Dallas' four-game winning streak. Dirk Nowitzki had 23 points - 19 in the first half - and added 11 rebounds for Dallas. Harrison Barnes also scored 23 points for the Mavericks, making a ...

Twitter Goes Insane After Devin Booker Drops 70 Points On Celtics

... 7 YZupm Xo K. — CBS Sports (@CBSSports) March 25, 2017. Devin Booker post game __link__/Mb 5 ub FLxtp. — Neil Greenberg (@ngreenberg) March 25, 2017. Kobe Bryant. — Kenny Ducey (@Kenny Ducey) March 25, 2017. Ok Dbook!🔥. — Jamal Murray (@Be More 27) March 25, 2017. Yo @Devin Book what did you eat today. — Emmanuel Mudiay (@emmanuelmudiay) March 25, 2017. Devin Booker's career high at Kentucky was 19 points. — Jonathan Wasserman (@NBADraft Wass) March 25, 2017. Devin Booker is the first NBA player ever to finish a game with at least 70 points before he finished a game with at least 40 points. — Jon Weisman (@jonweisman) March 25, 2017. Devin Booker dropped 70 on the dude who Danny Ainge refused to include in any major trades lmao. — Anthony F. Irwin (@Anthony Irwin LA) March 25, 2017. 70. That's amazing. I'm officially a fan. — Wilson Chandler (@wilsonchandler) March 25, 2017. 70 pts? Wow. — Nikola Vucevic (@Nikola Vucevic) March 25, 2017. Devin booker just went HAM.and cheese. — Evan Turner (@thekidet) March 25, 2017. What ...

Celtics Forward Jae Crowder Takes Shot At Suns, Devin Booker Fires Back

... I was like, ‘Excuse me.’ Sometimes I think you should just play.". — Sam Smith (@Sam Smith Hoops) November 19, 2015. Of course, Booker’s most famous line to an NBA player to date came after a loss to the Memphis Grizzlies. A shoving match broke out involving Grizzlies guard Troy Daniels and Booker. “It’s just basketball, man,” Booker said after the game. “Talk trash sometimes. I don’t know why he’d be talking to me — been on five teams in three years and he has the nerve to talk trash to me, but it is what it is.”. According to Arizona Sports’ John Gambadoro, Daniels was not impressed by what Booker had done in the NBA to that point. According to a source Troy Daniels told Devin Booker that he was garbage, that he only scores in garbage time & told him to check his resume. — John Gambadoro (@Gambo 987) February 9, 2017. After Friday night, Daniels might want to double-check ...

Devin Booker Scores Franchise-record 70 Points In Loss To Celtics

... scored 81 on the Raptors in 2006. He’s the sixth player in NBA history to reach the mark. — Kobe Bryant (@kobebryant) March 25, 2017. No player under the age of 21 had ever scored more than 56 points prior to Booker’s explosion. After the game, Booker joined Fox Sports Arizona’s postgame show to discuss the remarkable feat. “Doing it here in Boston, with some of the best fans in the NBA, it was a great moment for me,” Booker said. Twitter was in pandemonium, with many basketball fans swapping over from the hyped-up Sweet 16 matchup between UCLA and Kentucky to see how many points Booker would end up with. Devin Booker is covered in flames right now. — Evan Fournier (@Evan Fourmizz) March 25, 2017. He was consistently scoring over the course of the game, putting up 10 of the team’s 16 ...

Suns’ Devin Booker Scores 70 Points In Boston

... BOSTON – Devin Booker scored 70 points, becoming the sixth different player in NBA history to reach that total, but the Boston Celtics got 34 points from Isaiah Thomas and outlasted the Phoenix Suns 130-120 on Friday night. Booker joined Wilt Chamberlain, Kobe Bryant, David Thompson, David Robinson and Elgin Baylor as the NBA’s 70-point scorers. Baylor also held the previous record against the Celtics with 64 points in Minneapolis for the Lakers on Nov. 8, 1959. Just 20 years old, Booker scored 51 after halftime. The win was Boston’s third straight, and avenged its buzzer-beater loss in Phoenix earlier this month. The rematch was dominated early by the Celtics as they hit eight 3-pointers during a 37-point second quarter to grow their lead as high as 26 points. Chamberlain had six 70-point games and his 62 points on Jan. 14, 1962, had been the most in Boston. Phoenix has already been eliminated ...

This Is What A Devin Booker Future Looks Like

... Booker responds with his second and-one bucket of the fourth. Nowitzki checks in at the 2:35 mark, ready to spar with his fourth generation of NBA youngster. Booker is still complaining about a reach-in call as he walks down the court, but he makes daggers on consecutive possessions to tie the game at 96. He’s getting his scowl on. The Mavericks try to stay collected, but Booker is ready to finish them off. He gets the ball back the next time down the court, and flips a turnaround from the low post. It’s something that must be all too familiar for Nowitzki, having seen the Lakers ’ Kobe Bryant consistently beat his team exactly the same way throughout his career. (For more on Booker’s midrange/post game, check out Scott Rafferty’s excellent write-up linked in that last sentence.) The game is tied again. The Suns ramp up the defense when it counts- Chriss bodies up on Nowitzki, who has not impacted the ...