Moments After Capturing Alek Thomas’ Heroics, Devin Booker Shares His Awe of Phillies’ Upset

What could have been a 3-1 series lead turned into a disaster for the Philadelphia Phillies. The Friday night of Game 4 of the NLCS between the Phillies and the Arizona Diamondbacks turned into an exciting exhibition. The full house Chase Field, including Phoenix Suns star Devin Booker, wasn’t aware of the magic until Alek Thomas pulled off a clutch play. D-Book, who was present in the stadium capturing the game, expressed his awe for the final moment after the game.

The Phillies fans tuned into the series, imagining it to be a cakewalk for their team. However, the Diamondbacks pulled a few strings and made it an evenly poised series. The Philadelphia almost won the World Series last season after failing 3-2 short against the Houston Astros. A year later, they found themselves in the worst possible situation. On the other day, not to undermine the heroics of Thomas, who kept the sellout crowd on their feet.

Alek Thomas’ clutch play leaves Devin Booker stunned

Among the 47,306 cheering fans, Devin Booker was also present. Notably, the Suns’ star went old school for the game, as he captured the moments using a vintage camcorder. The Phillies had a commanding 5-3 lead with only six outs left to take a massive lead in the series until Craig Kimbrel chose to melt down. He blew a double to Lourdes Gurriel followed by Alek Thomas’s pinch-hitting which served a two-run home run. Eventually, it paved the way for a 6-5 victory.

Initially what seemed like a cakewalk turned into a disaster for the Phillies. However, Thomas’ heroics made the audience erupt. Following the game. D-Book took to his X handle, formerly known as Twitter, and wrote, “That sh*t was lit @Dbacks.” 

In response to his message, hundreds of fans swarmed the comments, sharing a picture of him recording the game on his camcorder.

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The camcorder story doesn’t end there, it has a Shaquille O’Neal reference from 2000.

What is the Shaquille O’Neal reference from 2000?

During the 2000 All-Star Slam Dunk contest, the Los Angeles Lakers legend Shaq took to the courtside with a camcorder. He wore a black jacket with a matching beanie and captured the event. Similarly, fast forward to 2023, Booker wore a black T-shirt and a matching beanie to the Chase Field to capture the game with his vintage camcorder. The Phoenix Suns’ official X handle shared the image with a caption, “us watching the game all night* LET’S GOOOOOOOOO”

The fans were quick to recognize the Dr. Shaq cosplay and stormed the internet with memes

What do you make of Devin Booker’s vintage ways in the recent times? He wore the vintage ‘Converse Chuck Taylor basketball shoes’ on media day and now he pulled out his vintage camcorder. Let us know your opinion in the comments below.

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