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Phoenix Suns Top 5 Facts From This Season
The best facts to know from the Phoenix Suns 2019-20 NBA Season
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The Suns struggled to get many wins this season, but there were still bright moments over the year. With the young duo of Booker and Ayton running the show, Phoenix is a few pieces away from being a playoff team. Here are the top 5 facts to know from the Phoenix Suns 2019-20 season.
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Devin Booker put up some insane stats this season as he continues to make strides toward becoming the best scorer in the entire NBA but he somehow got snubbed from the All-Star Game.
Devin Booker surpassed Kobe Bryant as the youngest guard in NBA history to record 7,000 career points pic.twitter.com/VQ3voS7PPO
— Pro Sports Outlook (@PSO_Sports) January 29, 2020
Devin Booker scored a season-high 44 points in an OT win at the Pelicans. It was his 11th career 40-point game – the second-most in Suns team history behind Amar’e Stoudemire’s 15. #RisePHX https://t.co/USyNDFp8Gm pic.twitter.com/gSOSLLiitn
— StatMuse (@statmuse) December 6, 2019
2 of the biggest All-Star snubs of the last 35 years https://t.co/hNpWJDrk6r
— Pro Sports Outlook (@PSO_Sports) January 31, 2020
Tonight marks the 44th time in the last 4 seasons in which Devin Booker scores 30+ points but his team loses.
That is the most by any player over that span. pic.twitter.com/9TWlAMIhbJ
— StatMuse (@statmuse) January 15, 2020
Devin Booker joins Steve Nash and Kevin Johnson as the only Suns players to record 10+ games with 30 PTS and 10 AST since the three-point era. pic.twitter.com/6kQhcKo7V9
— StatMuse (@statmuse) January 25, 2020
While Luka Doncic and Trae Young have garnered the spotlight deservedly, the former 2018 #1 overall pick has been very productive so far during his two-year NBA career.
1⃣K! 😤@DeandreAyton is the fastest Sun to 1,000 career rebounds in franchise history! pic.twitter.com/ymCkoiLD5z
— Phoenix Suns (@Suns) February 9, 2020
Deandre Ayton had a huge game last night.
28 PTS
19 REB
3 BLK
First Suns player with those numbers since Amar’e Stoudemire in 2007. pic.twitter.com/3YPJGmJp0Z— StatMuse (@statmuse) February 23, 2020
Deandre Ayton scored 26 points and grabbed 21 rebounds tonight in New York. Deandre Ayton is the first @Suns player to record at least 25 points and 20 rebounds in a game since Amar’e Stoudemire did so on Feb. 6, 2008. pic.twitter.com/AEzwgTksXv
— NBA.com/Stats (@nbastats) January 17, 2020
Kelly Oubre has shown flashes of becoming a All-Star caliber two-way wing who can contribute in a variety of ways.
Kelly Oubre tonight:
39 PTS
9 REB
+24 +/-
He’s the first Suns player with those numbers since Amar’e Stoudamire in 2009. pic.twitter.com/GPfiXn3UqT— StatMuse (@statmuse) February 8, 2020
Kelly Oubre delivers the dagger in Portland for career-high 7th 3pt of the game https://t.co/CHopVJI2jX
— Pro Sports Outlook (@PSO_Sports) December 31, 2019
The Suns new PG put up numbers that hadn’t been recorded in almost 25 years and is leading them to setting team assist records.
Ricky Rubio in tonight’s win in Utah:
22 PTS
11 AST
7 STL
+31
He’s the first Suns player with a 20p/10a/7s game since Kevin Johnson in 1996. pic.twitter.com/reNhsqmKaS— StatMuse (@statmuse) February 25, 2020
The @Suns are the first team in 25 years to put together 11 straight games with 29+ assists. The last team with a streak this long was the 1988-89 Hornets – they had 29+ assists in 13 straight games from March 30 to April 23, 1989. pic.twitter.com/FA2L75cDro
— NBA.com/Stats (@nbastats) December 18, 2019
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