After scoring 32 factors within the Phoenix Suns’ blowout win over the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday, Devin Booker now has 200 common season video games with 30 or extra factors in his profession.
Booker grew to become the tenth shooter in NBA historical past to achieve this milestone and did so in 636 profession video games over 10 NBA seasons.
“Simply longevity, consistency, I am a veterinarian now,” Booker mentioned of the feat (by way of the Suns). “I have been in (the league) for a short while, in the identical place. It has been a journey and it has been thrilling, but it surely’s at all times been the conditions I discover myself in.”
E book is now the tenth shooter to @NBA historical past of reaching 200 profession matches at 30 PT! 📚 pic.twitter.com/P1hjoWQHLx
-Phoenix Suns (@Suns) January 23, 2025
Booker has scored 30 or extra factors in seven of his final 9 video games and is averaging 25.5 factors per sport this season.
His teammate, Kevin Durant, who had 24 factors towards Brooklyn, grew to become the seventh participant in NBA historical past to achieve 400 profession 30-point video games simply 5 video games in the past.
As for Booker, he is additionally closing in on what could be the best private achievement of his profession with the Suns to date: the franchise’s all-time scoring chief.
He now has 15,504 profession factors and is 163 factors wanting passing franchise chief Walter Davis’ mark of 15,666.
At his present factors per sport common, Booker would surpass Davis in seven video games. If Booker stays on his latest tear, it might occur even sooner.
Barring harm, the video games to look at for Booker to surpass Davis could be Phoenix’s Feb. 3 street sport towards the Portland Path Blazers (6 video games away) and its Feb. 5 sport on the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder (at 7 matches).
