Devin Booker BROKE The Warriors In The Clutch WITH THIS

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Keep your eye on Booker here as he’s going to curl all the way out, get 1 screen from KD right here, and with the defender already trailing, Nurkic is also going to act as a screener on the handoff and just like that Devin is wide open for this three and swishes it.
He absolutely tortured the Golden State defense off of high picks, like almost at the logo, getting the defender behind him, and providing a lot of room for Booker to operate. So whether it was a monster finish chest to chest against a bigger guy like on this play, or keeping the defender on his back into a midrange fadeaway- Devin was phenomenal, but what's interesting is that he won the game for the Suns with his genius passing at the end.
The very first offensive possession for Phoenix exposes a lot for how the ending played out in the clutch.
Follow Nurkic here as he’s going to set a high screen for Booker, and with Curry trailing behind- Looney has to show here to stop the drive. But you stay focused on Nurk as he’s immediately going for another screen for KD and you already see that this is a 2 on 1 and if Wiggins helps, there’s a knockdown shooter in the corner. So as we let it roll, the help was hesitant and didn’t get there on time and we got an easy layup.
Watch him again in transition. How quickly he rolls right here on the trap by Golden State. This allows them to have an open shooter and a cutter to the rim which Nurk is going to find.
The quick roll and great decision making when he gets the ball, is what created an extra layer of danger for the defense, which is how we get to crunch time.
End of the game with Kuminga playing great defense here, Jusuf kind of slips this one and takes off to the paint in a great position for the lob pass. So because of what I previously showed you, Chris Paul makes the proper rotation and goes over there to prevent the potential easy finish.
And with all of this happening in a split second, Booker makes a phenomenal read while in the air and rifles a pass to the wide open Okoge in the corner.
Before moving on just look at how quickly he needs to see all of this developing and to find the open guy. Amazing play by Book.
Then the very next play, Kunminga is again all over him, and on the screen Devin tries to hunt Steph, which would create all kinds of mismatches here and here as you can see.
The Warriors want to scramble and recover which leaves Eric Gordon open for a split second and Devin immediately recognizes that. The pass, the shot and another three.
And finally, third straight possession, with the pick up top, and Booker raises up for the shot. Looney is going to contest while Nurkic dives inside. Almost the same situation as the first one, but this time the pass goes to the big man and he finishes.
Phenomenal reads by Book in the clutch but I need to emphasize that these wouldn’t be possible without the great reactions by Nurkic.
Right as the trade happened I said in my video that both him and Eubanks are great at this and you could see that in this game.
All in all a monster game for Booker dissecting the Golden State defense both with his scoring and his passing.
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