Has Devin Booker Taken a Backseat For Kevin Durant? Suns Duo’s New Dynamic Paves Major Path to Success

After the 119-111 loss against the Denver Nuggets, the Phoenix Suns gathered their courage to bounce back. They defeated the Memphis Grizzlies 116-109 on Saturday night.  Kevin Durant continued to be in a record-shattering mood as he took his consecutive free throw score to 67. Thus he broke the record of Devin Booker’s 58. Durant achieved the milestone in just 15 games for the Suns.

Booker and Durant have been rightly called as a marriage made in heaven. Though Booker stayed ahead of Durant in terms of points scored against the Grizzlies, he showed deep respect for his teammate.

Kevin Durant’s record-shattering spree

Durant and Booker pair perfectly on the court and each one’s presence gives the other room to operate. Booker was absent against the Denver Nuggets as his team lost despite Durant and Jusuf Nurkic fighting bravely. Against the Grizzlies, Booker paired with his favorite teammate and scored 34 points  10 rebounds, and 7 assists. Durant added 27 points to the Suns’ tally. Though his consecutive 30-point games ended at seven, he managed to break Booker’s record. After the game, as an interviewer asked Booker about Durant marching ahead of him, the Suns star showed humility and deep respect for his teammate. Booker said, ” “I’m the point guard, he’s the scorer.”

Durant made two free throws in the game with 19.9 seconds left to drag it to an eight-point margin. Durant is not in the mood to get ahead of his teammates. But he has been trying to battle the game’s legends as well.

Durant in the top NBA scorers’ list

Kevin Durant recently grabbed the 10th spot in the top ten list of NBA scorers. With 27423 points, he went ahead of Moses Malone whose tally stood at 27409 points. The NBA veteran, LeBron James tops the list with an impressive 39124 points.

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Durant achieved the feat during his team’s defeat against the Nuggets. Rather than being celebratory about it, Durant showed his anguish over not winning despite Jusuf Nurkic’s top performance. Nurkic played for 33 minutes and bagged 31 points with 13-22 FG, 6 rebounds and 2 assists. It was Nurkic’s best performance of the season and Durant felt that his team wasted it.

What do you think about the star pair of Durant and Booker? How do you think Durant going ahead of Booker will affect their game for the team?  Let us know in the comments.

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