"He knew he'd get the ball coming out of the timeout and the chance to have the last words in Sunday's matchup with the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder. "Been here before," Booker said after hitting the game-winning stepback 3-pointer with 0.7 seconds remaining in the Phoenix Suns 108-105 victory. "In my imagination and workouts in the summer, it always come down to moments like that. So I felt like I've been here before.""
"Booker has plenty of real experience in similar situations, too. It was his ninth career go-ahead bucket in the final five seconds of the fourth quarter or overtime. According to ESPN Research, only DeMar DeRozan (11) has made more such shots since Booker entered the league in 2015-16. In this instance, it occurred on an isolation against Alex Caruso, one of the league's premier perimeter defenders."
"Booker, who finished with 24 points, caught the inbounds pass just across the halfcourt line and dribbled to the Suns' logo in the middle of the floor before attacking. He crossed over right to left between his legs, took one hard dribble to the left and launched the stepback over a tight contest from Caruso and a late double-team from Luguentz Dort."
Devin Booker hit a stepback 3-pointer with 0.7 seconds remaining to give the Phoenix Suns a 108-105 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder. Booker finished with 24 points and recorded his ninth career go-ahead bucket in the final five seconds of the fourth quarter or overtime since entering the league in 2015-16. The decisive possession was an isolation against Alex Caruso; Booker caught the inbounds near halfcourt, dribbled to the Suns' logo, crossed between his legs, took a hard dribble left and launched the stepback over Caruso and a late double-team from Luguentz Dort, creating the space for the winning shot.
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