The Phoenix Suns needed a win and Devin Booker dropped 52

The Phoenix Suns needed a win and Devin Booker dropped 52

This is kind of ridiculous what Devon Booker’s doing to New Orleans his last three games I’ll go in reverse order starting with last night 52 points 52 points 58 points the 58 was last yeah seriously they got to be so tired of seeing him he must just walk in I think

He said after the game it’s because he has a lot of family there obviously or people he considers family cuz he went to high school not that far away yeah but it I mean much yeah I was going to say how much of this he looks over at

Willie Green he’s like hey Willie what’s going on here’s 50 for you to deal with that’s why I picked Devon Booker of course and Devin and Kevin ladies and gentlemen I’m just saying that’s why I picked him I thought book was going to go off and by the way history the only

Person that picked for that reason really and I actually gave the reason when I picked him um look Devin Booker last night was a complete freak Show Ron wolfley reporting I don’t know if you saw it Bas in orience dude had 24 points after the first quarter 24 after the

First quarter I it’s just blown away by the intent and and how he was looking for a shot and you could see how aggressive he was doing that when he has those games you can tell early if you’re a Suns fan certainly you can tell early

You’ve seen it before you could see it in the he didn’t have to you saw it before he had 24 points in the first quarter like halfway through the first you’re like oh well here we go sorry New Orleans uh and and look he did it I mean

He went all game here’s Frank Vogal afterwards talking about why Booker was so effective he was in attack mode uh in every way there was space at the at the three-point line he was looking to rise up and you know if there’s an Avenue to the Lane he was ducking his head and

Getting to the rim getting into the free throw line so uh he was doing it in all ways Kevin Durant You’ been no not like that I don’t think I’ve scored that many points in the first quarter um when you making shots you don’t even think about nothing else you just tell

You he was in the zone he was just in his own world and uh that’s one of the best feelings in ball is just when when you just totally in that Zen mode where nothing really matters everything just happen so effortlessly and um we can feel that as his teammates too which you

Know kept us going inspired us to just do other things on the floor and um be some assistance when it’s our time and guys made shots tonight yeah he made shots man um I just love the fact Devin Booker in a game that we felt was a need to

Win um need to win Devin Booker came out and established the tone did he not in the first quarter yeah that this is what leaders do this is what superstars do for a team you’re going to come out and say okay this this one means an awful

Lot to this team give me the ball there there’s no way to avoid the roller coaster ride you’re on now if you like the Suns and you might say well I’m not sure I think I’m going to get off before the playoffs I got news for you you’re

Already on the roller coaster ride look at what this team is doing you go out there you’ll beat Denver and Denver twice you’ll lose to San Antonio three times you’ll have a game like you had against Oklahoma City the other night and then you’ll have Devon Booker drop

52 on New Orleans and and now the very similar to what I was saying after the win over Denver last Wednesday wolf you can’t just ignore what happened last night I know it’s easy to say well you know this do you really think this team’s going to win a title no not at

The moment but that doesn’t mean you can just write them off in the first round of the playoffs are in the play in if you have a guy that is capable of just dropping 50 On Any Given night you’re probably going to win that night they

Got a couple of guys they that’s where I was going they got a couple guys that can do that yeah you know once again you’ve got to do it consistently Bas Arians and right now this just angers me even more am I glad they beat the Pelicans of

Course I’m super glad I’m a huge Phoenix Suns fan absolutely love our Phoenix Suns yet at the same time tell me it doesn’t enrage you to see them come out and play like they played can can we see a monom of this going forward and this is what they’ve

Got to do the leaders inside this locker room they’ve got to take control of this situation right here listen you they can come out with great intensity and play well early they can go ahead and do that and still lose the game ladies and gentlemen it happens from time to time

The other guy just plays better than you do but when you don’t play up to your ability level when you don’t play up to your talent level when you don’t play up to your standard now you got an issue you got a problem and that’s why okay that was great last night sons

Let’s see it again here’s uh Booker after after the game asked why he keeps doing this in New Orleans I don’t really have an answer you know I just feel like I’m playing the same way I mean the crib is close I have a lot of family in

Attendance I grew up coming here it’s the first NBA arena I’ve been to so you know there’s some history here I mean this is how ridiculous it is Wolf it was used as logic in Kevin or Devon yesterday while he always puts up about 50 against New Orleans and then he went

Out and put up 52 again that’s 162 points over the last three games against the Pelicans yeah if you’re the Pelicans you don’t want to see Devon Booker in the playoffs no you don’t want to see Devon Booker in the playoffs right now but you know what also too is amazing is

How many threes the suns were taking as well right they were 13 of 26 from three in the first half now now again Devin Booker was shooting some of these three but they there is a paradigm shift that has happened with the Phoenix Suns they are taking more threes and it’s not even

Close I think they have to it’s not even close they weren’t doing it Bas and orans in the first half of the SE they weren’t doing it 10 games ago they weren’t they were numbered what 26 yep number 26 in three points attempted three-point shots well New Orleans

Pretty good against the three too but it helps him Deon sets a career high with eight made three-pointers man just absolutely on fire it was incredible to see them go out and shoot well as a team and win this game and their defense doing a great job as

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Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker went off again on the New Orleans Pelicans on Monday night, to the tune of 52 points in their victory. Wolf & Luke react to Booker’s explosion in NOLA.

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