Devin Booker making NBA history, earning superlatives for Phoenix Suns in NBA Playoffs

What @DevinBook is doing right now is otherworldly. Witnessing greatness happen

— Frank Kaminsky III (@FSKPart3) May 8, 2023

.@KendrickPerkins says Devin Booker has been the BEST player in the playoffs:

"He's a younger version of Kobe. And if anybody disagrees with that, they're out of their damn mind and they haven't been watching basketball." pic.twitter.com/VryZfWYYJU

— First Take (@FirstTake) May 8, 2023

Devin Booker has to be the least discussed great player in the league.

— Colin Cowherd (@ColinCowherd) May 8, 2023

Devin Booker is AVERAGING 36.8 PPG on 61.7% shooting in the playoffs 🤯

UNREAL efficiency. pic.twitter.com/X3hj508XG7

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) May 8, 2023

Devin Booker in the NBA playoffs 😮‍💨

☀️ 36 PTS, 12 AST, 78% FG
☀️ 47 PTS, 9 AST, 80% FG
☀️ 35 PTS, 6 AST, 48% FG
☀️ 27 PTS, 8 AST, 53% FG
☀️ 47 PTS, 10 AST, 70% FG
☀️ 30 PTS, 7 AST, 48% FG
☀️ 45 PTS, 3 AST, 62% FG
☀️ 38 PTS, 9 AST, 64% FG
☀️ 26 PTS, 3 AST, 53% FG pic.twitter.com/e01pf0asES

— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) May 8, 2023

Devin Booker is having a historic playoff run, one we haven’t seen in a long time.

36.8 PPG
7.4 APG
5.1 REB
61.7 FG%
51% 3-PT

He is making a case for one of the best postseasons ever. Give this man his flowers. pic.twitter.com/51hu38WEOi

— andrew leezus (@AndrewLeezus) May 8, 2023

Devin Booker in the 2023 playoffs pic.twitter.com/4kCkxukbYn

— Complex Sports (@ComplexSports) May 8, 2023

Devin Booker has made 34 out of 42 shots in the past two games…

🤯🤯🤯 pic.twitter.com/g1EehSIU24

— Legion Hoops (@LegionHoops) May 8, 2023

BOOK IS BALLIN' 🔥

Devin Booker is the first player in Suns postseason history with 3 straight 35-point games! pic.twitter.com/w0Wuy7swkH

— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) May 8, 2023

Devin Booker's shot charts:
Game 3. Game 4. pic.twitter.com/xsYNB10eAZ

— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) May 8, 2023

Devin Booker through 9 playoff games:

36.8 PPG
7.4 APG
5.1 RPG
2.0 SPG
61.7 FG%
51.0 3P%
71.1 TS%

Book joins Kareem as the only players in NBA history to average 35+ PPG on 60%+ shooting through their first 9 playoff games in a postseason

— Gerald Bourguet (@GeraldBourguet) May 8, 2023

Devin Booker becomes the first player in NBA history to average 35+ PPG on 70+ percent true shooting over a nine-game span in the playoffs. pic.twitter.com/jgI26zbmJk

— Brett Usher (@UsherNBA) May 8, 2023

Devin Booker has shot 34 of 43 (79.1%) over the last 2 games.

That's the highest FG pct in a 2-game span in postseason history by a player 6'5 or shorter (min. 25 FGA). pic.twitter.com/3Fpgjm53Yd

— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) May 8, 2023

Devin Booker's 2023 playoff shot chart is a work of art pic.twitter.com/pIbC0gfbt6

— Sam Cooper (@scooperhoops) May 8, 2023

Devin Booker is approaching best player in the world territory. pic.twitter.com/0M03o2CHv5

— Guru (@DrGuru_) May 8, 2023

Devin Booker is the best player in the world

— andrew leezus (@AndrewLeezus) May 8, 2023

Devin Booker scores 47 on 20/25 in Game 3. Right now he’s at 36 points on 14/17 entering the 4th quarter. Pure bucket getter. pic.twitter.com/G6VXLKnlpb

— Kevin O'Connor (@KevinOConnorNBA) May 8, 2023

Players in NBA postseason history to average 35+ points on a +60 TS% (minimum two series played):

Devin Booker (2023) = 71.1 TS%
LeBron James (2009) = 61.8 TS%
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1970) = 60.8 TS% pic.twitter.com/OnqZlVUdzq

— Evan Sidery (@esidery) May 8, 2023