Landry Shamet made four crucial 3-pointers in the final period, Booker and Durant both scored 36 points, and the Suns beat the Nuggets 129-124 to even their Western Conference semifinal playoff series at two games apiece.
Booker also finished with a playoff career-high 12 assists, including a few to Shamet, who finished with 19 points on 5-of-8 shooting from 3-point range. Shamet had scored 14 points the entire postseason before Sunday.
“Just making quick decisions, just trying to make the defense pay,” Booker said.
There’s no place in the game for this!
Suns and Nuggets should both forfeit and league should move Lakers-Warriors to WCF https://t.co/ZfKAtjvtG7
— Josiah Johnson (@KingJosiah54) May 8, 2023
Nuggets fans were irate after Deandre Ayton pulled Nikola Jokic shoulder on the jump-ball and the referees completely missed it 😬
The jump-ball occurred with the Suns leading Denver 123-120 with 27.7 seconds remaining.pic.twitter.com/3R7PLc5UeS
— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) May 8, 2023
