Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker scores 70 points at Boston Celtics
Saturday 25 March 2017 11:35, UK
Phoenix guard Devin Booker became the youngest player in NBA history to score 70 points in a game yet still found himself on the losing team.
The Suns slumped to a 130-120 loss at the Boston Celtics despite Booker becoming only the sixth player in the history of the NBA to score 70 or more points in a game.
"When you're in the gym alone and you're taking shots, you're making them consecutively," said Booker, whose previous career high was 39.
"That's what it started feeling like. I felt comfortable. I was at my home gym training. It started getting easier and easier. Shots just kept falling - tough shots, too."
Booker connected on 21 of his 40 shot attempts, made four of 11 three-pointers and 24 of 26 free throws. The 20-year-old scored 50 points in the second half, including 28 in the final quarter.
It was also the most points ever scored by a player against the Celtics and as the game headed towards its climax, the Boston fans began to cheer Booker on.
"That meant a lot, especially here in Boston," Booker said. "I know how rowdy they can be on opponents sometimes. I respect that. That's how it should be.
"It's a night I'm going to remember the rest of my life."
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