Luka Doncic has submitted one more big efficiency in opposition to the Phoenix Suns, a storyline made spicier by his rivalry with Devin Booker.
Doncic dropped 41 factors, 9 rebounds and 11 assists in a 123-113 win over the Suns on Thursday evening. Booker completed with 35 factors and eight assists.
Here are a number of the greatest reactions from across the web:
It wasn’t a duel, Luka all the time owns Booker pic.twitter.com/UNdvTmIXS7
— 🦇 (@Shadowiscold) February 23, 2024
Luka HATES Booker and the Suns 😂😂 pic.twitter.com/DqII5gcZlA
— Matty Ice (@El_Guapo_023) February 23, 2024
Booker made a superteam and nonetheless can’t beat Dallas😭😭
— 🥷🏾⚡️ (@JM12Burner) February 23, 2024
Always his son pic.twitter.com/97suJH5U1u
— DJ (@DJ70200) February 23, 2024
Luka wasn’t going to lose that one at residence pic.twitter.com/thtrWRrXp5
— Boothe Bets (@BootheBets) February 23, 2024
you imply a father proudly owning his solar as normal?
— BadBizz😺🐈🇺🇸 (@BadBizzTheFurry) February 23, 2024
Devin Booker Can’t Stand Luka Lmao pic.twitter.com/FUJcmjpL4K
— Bonheur Noir (@kronSAYS) February 23, 2024
Doncic and Booker’s rivalry first obtained heated once they met within the second spherical of the 2022 playoffs. The collection ended with Doncic’s Mavericks crushing the Suns 123-90 on the street in Game 7, a very humiliating consequence for Booker and his staff.
It was additionally the collection that gave beginning to the meme of Doncic smiling at Booker.
Despite his embarrassing playoff mishap in 2022, Booker has extra complete wins than Doncic of their head-to-head matchups, with 13 wins to Luka’s eight. However, Doncic has a 4-3 edge within the playoffs.
In phrases of head-to-head particular person statistics, Doncic has Booker lined in each main statistical class. In video games in opposition to Booker, he averages 32 factors, 8.2 factors, 7.2 assists, 1.4 steals and 0.5 blocks.
In video games in opposition to Doncic, Booker averages 26.5 factors, 4.7 rebounds, 5.7 assists, 0.8 steals and 0.3 blocks.
Having already performed one another 3 times this season, they won’t meet once more till subsequent season except they cross paths once more within the playoffs.
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