He joined elite company with his 40-point triple-double, joining Oscar Robinson and Luka Doncic as the only players aged 24 or younger to do so. His performance throughout these playoffs has helped raise his national profile. вЂњHeвЂ™s an assassin and guess what, this Clippers team you need Kawhi back to knock that kid off.вЂќД«ooker, who is averaging 29 points, 7.4 rebounds and 5.4 assists in his first playoffs, just lifted the Suns over the Los Angeles Clippers in Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals after dropping a triple-double, the first of his career. вЂњDevin Booker is the next Kobe Bryant,вЂќ ESPN personality Stephen A. Until these playoffs, many believed the 24-year-old received neither the same calls nor the national attention granted other young NBA stars. The future is bright for the Phoenix SunsвЂ™ All-Star guard.PHOENIX - Phoenix Suns fans have long argued that Devin Booker is the most disrespected player in the NBA.Д«y the media. With him already having a 70-point game at 20 years old, and with him only being 23 years old right now, he can certainly have another game like that in his career. He, however, was supposed to have quite a few more opportunities this year, but the season was suspended and its future is unclear.Д«ooker is one of the best scorers in the entire NBA. This season, his best scoring game was a 44-point night against the New Orleans Pelicans. During the 2018-19 season, he scored 50 points or more twice, including a 59-point game against the Utah Jazz. Over the past few seasons, Booker has still certainly proven that he can possibly have another game like that. Additionally, this year before the league suspended the season he was averaging 26.1 points per game and earned his first All-Star selection. He scored 24.9 points per game during the 2017-18 season and 26.6 during the 2018-19 season.

| Barry Chin/The Boston Globe via Getty ImagesД«ooker has not dropped 70 points again since that day, but he has still been one of the top scorers in the league.

Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker scores 70 points against the Boston Celtics on March 24, 2017. However, the SunsвЂ™ halftime deficit was too much as they lost to the Celtics 130-120 even though they outscored them by 13 points in the second half. Booker was also the first player to do it since Kobe Bryant dropped 81 points in 2006, according to Bleacher Report. He became the youngest player in NBA history to score 70 as he was 20 years, 145 days old, according to ESPN. He scored 28 points in the fourth quarter on 8-of-16 shooting, reaching 70 points overall in the game. Then in the fourth quarter, Booker continued to just make almost every shot he put up. He only made one 3-pointer in the quarter too. So, with 19 points at halftime and with his team being down by a lot of points, who would have expected a second-year player to drop 51 points in the second half? Well, Booker did the impossible.Д«ooker came out and dropped 23 points in the third quarter on 6-of-10 shooting. The Suns were down 66-43 at halftime, though. He only made one 3-pointer in the first half too. Booker started the game hot, scoring 10 points in the first quarter and then nine points in the second. On March 24, 2017, Booker could not be stopped on the road against the Boston Celtics. Still, not many people ever thought he could drop 70 points.

He scored 39 points three times and 30 points or more 14 times in total. Booker had several big scoring nights that season too. He scored 22.1 points per game that year on 42.3% shooting. During the 2016-17 season, Booker made a big jump production-wise.

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