NEW ORLEANS — Devin Booker scored 52 points in 37 minutes on the court — his second straight 50-point game against New Orleans — and the Phoenix Suns beat the Pelicans 123-109 on Friday night for their fourth straight victory.
The last time Booker — who had 25 points in the first quarter — was in the Suns' lineup against New Orleans he scored 58 points in a victory in Phoenix on Dec.
17, 2022. On Friday, he was 18 of 30 from the field, 6 of 11 on 3s and made 10 free throws without a miss. Booker became the sixth player to record consecutive 50-point games against a single opponent, joining James Harden, Adrian Dantley, Jerry West, Elgin Baylor and Wilt Chamberlain.
Chamberlain did it 38 different times. It was Booker's sixth career 50-point game. All other players in Suns history have six 50-point games combined.