If Devin Booker didn’t have a place in your heart prior to his Game 2 performance on Tuesday, he does now. His gritty play in the Phoenix Suns’ 104-103 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers cemented him in Suns playoff lore. Bloody and battered, with gauze and stitches on his nose, he persevered through pain and questionable calls to help his team take a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference Finals.
Suns fans have seen this before. In Game 1 of the 2007 Western Conference Semifinals versus the San Antonio Spurs, Steve Nash busted his beak while making a steal attempt on Tony Parker.