In Phoenix’s run to the NBA Finals in 2021, Booker averaged a solid (27.3) points per game.
This postseason, Devin Booker has become a new player offensively. Booker recorded his third straight game with 35+ points, the most in Suns franchise history. He’s been having an incredible postseason with the Suns this year and is taking his game to new heights. Devin Booker was the man for the job as he scored a combined 83 points between Games 3 and 4. “The fans were cheering for him to conitnue going and doing because they knew they were witnessing something special.The Phoenix Suns left Games 1 and 2 in Denver without a win and needed two strong games at home to even the series. “Absolutely amazing,” Chambers said on the post-game show. His 70 was the highest single-game total in the NBA has seen since Kobe Bryant put up 81 in 2006. Twenty-seven years to the day after Chambers lit up the city of Phoenix, someone six years from being born on Chambers’ big night dethroned him from the top spot.īooker blew the roof off the TD Garden in Boston, becoming the youngest player to score 50 or more points in NBA history. The performance would stand as the best in Suns history for over two decades. He finished the game shooting 22-of-32, all with a pulled hamstring.Ĭhambers also had four rebounds and six assists in the game, where only one other Suns player made it into double figures. He came out roaring with 35 first half points and scored the teams first 18 points of the half. Tom Chambers, 60, March 24, 1990Ĭhambers finally broke the 60 threshold in a 121-98 dismantling of the Seattle Supersonics, TC’s former team. It would take just over a month for Chambers to put on an even better show for Suns fans. He made a pair of threes and shot 16-of-19 from the line, ending the Warriors’ 15-game home win streak. At the time the Suns record, the record for points against the Warriors, and a career-high.Ĭhambers made his first 10 shots, but finished the game shooting 19-of-29 from the floor. 18, when Chambers hung 56 points on the Warriors. He averaged 27.2 points and seven rebounds on 50 percent shooting. Tom Chambers, 56, February 18, 1990īefore Booker’s record-shattering night, the top two spots belonged to Chambers, one of the most famous players in the Suns’ lore.Ĭhambers’ 1989-90 season was one of the better ones the franchise has ever seen. ESPN’s Bill Simmons declared back in 2014 that Delk shares the trophy for “Most Random Player to Score 50 in an NBA Game with former Heat journeyman Willie Burton. He shot 20-of-27 from the floor and 13-of-15 from the foul line. He finished his NBA career playing on eight different teams in 10 seasons.ĭelk, like Stoudemire, did not make a three en route to his big game. That season, Delk averaged 12.3 points per game and departed from Phoenix less than a year later in the trade that brought Joe Johnson to the Valley. In one of only 12 starts he made for the Suns, Tony Delk scored 53 points in a 121-117 overtime loss to the Sacramento Kings. 53, January 2, 2001Ī year after Robinson’s 50, another lesser-known Sun passed his mark to climb to the fourth spot on the list. Robinson played four seasons for the Suns and averaged 16.4 points during his Phoenix career. At 33, the oldest on the list, Robinson crossed the 50 mark on Jan. Then-teammate Quentin Richardson said he looked like Wilt Chamberlain.Īnother power forward, Cliff Robinson, put up 50 five years earlier. It was a double-double for the Suns star power forward as well, as he grabbed 11 boards to go along with his scoring total.Īt the time, Stoudemire called it “the tip of the iceberg”, however, 50 points ended up being Stoudemire’s career-high. Previously, the youngest player in franchise history to score 50 or more was Amar’e Stoudemire, At 22 years and 57 days old, Stoudemire scored 50 on the Portland Trail Blazers in a 117-98 victory for Phoenix. The fifth spot in the Suns’ single-game scoring rankings is shared by two former big men. Amar’e Stoudemire and Clifford Robinson, 50, Januand January 16, 2000
On a night that has its place in Suns lore, some other great scoring performances deserve to be remembered.
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