Suns’ Devin Booker hits career-high 8 3s, drops 47 in Game 6 vs. Lakers
Jun 3, 2021, 8:33 PM | Updated: Jun 4, 2021, 1:34 am
Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker (right) shoots over Los Angeles Lakers forward Anthony Davis (left). (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
It’s deja vu all over again.
After scoring 18 points in the first quarter of Game 5, Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker one-upped himself in the opening period of Thursday night’s Game 6 against the Los Angeles Lakers.
The All-Star posted 22 points — including six threes — in the first 12 minutes of the opening-round series contest at the Staples Center.
In the second quarter, Booker hit again from deep to set a career-high for threes in a single game with seven.
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He finished with 47 points, seven threes and 15-of-22 shooting. He hit 8-of-10 from three and all nine of his free-throws.
Booker’s point total scored against the Lakers ranks third in playoff history, trailing only Sleepy Floyd (51) and Allen Iverson (48).
Booker also had 11 rebounds and three assists in the game.
Booker closed his game with an emphatic dunk before he was given a technical foul and taken out of the game by Suns head coach Monty Williams.
Lakers forward Anthony Davis exited Game 6 with 6:35 minutes remaining in the first quarter.
The Suns held on to win the game 113-100 and the series, 4-2, to advance to play the Western Conference semifinals against the Denver Nuggets.
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