Phoenix will benefit from home advantage throughout the NBA playoffs.
The Suns are guaranteed to finish the regular season with the best record in the League thanks to their seventh straight victory, obtained Thursday in Denver (140-130) where Devin Booker was sparkling with 49 points.
The sun is still shining as brightly for the Suns, who are aiming for a second consecutive final following the one lost to Milwaukee in 2021. They once more made a show of force with the combative Nuggets but who folded in the last quarter (30-19 ). Their address was particularly formidable (60.5%).
Author of a 16/25 shooting a 15/17 on the free throw line, Devin Booker became thanks to his 49 points the fourth youngest player in NBA history to pass the bar of 11 ‘000 points following LeBron James, Kevin Durant and Kobe Bryant. He also had 10 assists, 4 rebounds and 3 steals on Thursday.
Paul back
‘We wanted this 60th win of the season and we ended up getting it. It feels good,” Devin Booker said following a game also marked by the return of Suns All Star point guard Chris Paul. Absent in the last 15 matches with a broken thumb, ‘CP3’ managed 17 points and 13 assists.
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