These are the things that a compulsive scorer like Devin Booker. You can go a couple of games without reaching 20 points, with bad percentages like against the Nuggets with 17 points and 5 of 17 shootingand suddenly explode for a historic night with 52 points against the Pelicans. That’s Booker, the Suns player who took over the NBA night to go where only Wilt Chamberlain had gone. “Whenever I’m named alongside him, and it’s happened a couple of times in my life, you know you’ve done something special,” Booker said.
Because in that kind of fixation that Booker must have with the Pelicans, The Suns player has become the first player in history to score 50 or more points between consecutive games against the same rival since the time of the colossus Chamberlain. Only the two of them have achieved it. Nobody had done it in the NBA since then and given the difficulty it hasMaybe no one does it anymore. Booker already scored 52 points for the Pelicans this season, on January 19, and had scored 58 in their previous matchup on December 12, 2022. In total 162 points against an opponent in three consecutive games, the highest number in 50 years, surpassing James Harden’s 158 to the Memphis Grizzlies in 2019. Booker is the only player this season with three 50-point games and it is the eighth of his career.
Booker destroyed the New Orleans team, 111-124, with those 52 points achieved in 39 minutes of play with 19 of 28 in field goals and 8 of 16 in triples. Those 8 baskets from the arc They are a personal limit for the Phoenix player, who also finished with 9 assists. The match was crucial in the West in the attempt of those of Arizona to gain some position to try to avoid the Play-In. The victory leaves one for the Pelicans and two for the Mavericks. And they will have to play New Orleans again this Sunday.
In addition to Booker, who had 37 points at halftime and who soon showed that we could be facing a special night, Jusuf Nurkic shone with his own light, author of 19 points and, above all, 19 rebounds. He was good too Kevin Durant, 20 pointswho did what he could to get the ball to his teammate in view of what was happening on the field: “It was like deja vu. As the game was going, I couldn’t believe it happened again,” Durant said about another display by his teammate against the Pelicans.
In between Jayson Tatum and Sam Hauser, 25 points each, Boston Celtics They secured the victory against the Charlotte Hornets, 104-118, a minor rival that barely bothered the best team of the season. The important thing about the victory is that it is the eleventh in the last 13 games that they have played. Except for the double skid against the Atlanta Hawks, no one has touched the ‘proud greens’ in recent weeks, which cements your title options for this season.
In their victory in Charlotte, the Celtics made 19 three-pointers, highlighted by Hauser’s 7 of 11. The Boston team always looks a perfect 27-0 who has made 18 or more three-pointers in a game this season. A very important fact to take into account for their rivals in the Playoffs.
Boston won its 59th game of the season in Charlotte. He is one game away from having a 60-win season for the first time since 2008-09. (62) and his historical limit is the 67 he achieved in 1985-86. They can’t go that far, but if they win all they have left (7 games) they would equal their second best mark, 66 victories, achieved in 2007-08. The last team to reach 60 wins was the Phoenix Suns with 64 in 2021-22.
The duel may have pitted two of the worst teams of the season, between Detroit (13) y Memphis (25) They would not reach the necessary victories to get into the Play-In in the West, for example, but it was an entertaining match due to the score, 108-110 for the Grizzliesbut above all because of the performance of Years Jackson.
The Grizzlies player reached 40 points on a great night. He scored 27 of his points in the second half to lead his team to a victory three games later. According to his coach, Taylor Jenkins, Jackson has reached another level of play since he has been at center: “Not only because of his 40 points, he played a very complete game in many aspects. It’s impressive what he’s doing since we made the change in mid-January.” With 40 points and 7 rebounds, the one in Detroit has been Jackson’s best game this season.
Booker or Jackson, or even DeRozan, scored more points than Tyrese Haliburton, but none of them did so much in such a short time. The Pacers point guard left 27 points and 13 assists in just 27 minutes of action in the Indiana Pacers’ victory against the Brooklyn Nets, 133-111.
The victory allows the Pacers remain sixth in the East, looking up with 43 winsthey have Orlando (44), New York (44) and even Cleveland (45) within reach, and below, Miami (41) and Philadelphia (40) are lurking from the Play-In.
Results
- Hornets 104-118 Celtics
- Pistons 108-110 Grizzlies
- Pacers 133-11 Nets
- Magic 104-103 Trail Blazers
- Bulls 101-113 Hawks
- Pelicans 111-124 Suns
2024-04-02 06:06:41
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