PHOENIX – After the Suns went 11-5 during the month of January, Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker has been named NBA KIA Western Conference Player of the Month, the league announced today.
This marks Booker’s third career Western Conference Player of the Month honor, having also won for October/November 2022 and February 2021. His three Player of the Month honors are the most in franchise history, breaking a tie with two-time recipients Kevin Johnson, Amar’e Stoudemire, Steve Nash, Shawn Marion and Charles Barkley.
In 16 games during the month of January, Booker averaged 30. 0 points, 6. 3 assists and 4. 4 rebounds while shooting 53. 9 percent from the field and 40. 0 percent from 3-point range. . He scored more than 40 points in three straight games from Jan. 24 to the 28th, the longest streak of his career, highlighted by a 62-point performance on Jan. 26 at Indiana to set the Gainbridge scoring record. Fieldhouse. Over the three-game stretch, he averaged 50. 1 points on 65. 1 percent shooting, surpassing Michael Jordan for the highest shooting percentage by a player averaging 50+ problems over a 3-game stretch, dating back to the 1975-76 season.
Playing on the road in nine of 16 games this month, Booker totaled 204 points in 4 road games from Jan. 19-28 to sign Wilt Chamberlain as the only players in NBA history to score at least 200 points in a 4-man era. Back-to-back away games. Booker, who leads the NBA this season with five quarters scoring more than 20 problems, recorded all five problems in January, adding a franchise record for problems in a quarter with 29 in the first half at Indiana on Jan. 26.
– Suns. com –
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