When a 20-year-old LeBron James scored 56 points in a game, he called it, “probably the best game of my life.”
Devin Booker just topped him with 70 points in a game at age 20.
LeBron has obviously gone onto bigger and better things since dropping 56 in a loss to the Raptors during his second year, but that game was a harbinger. Booker – whom LeBron singled out before the season as an under-the-radar rising star – could be on a similar track.
Or Booker could be following Brandon Jennings, who scored 55 in his seventh game, also at age 20.
The future is bright – and unknown – for the second-year Suns guard.
What’s clear: His accomplishment last night is unmatched, and nobody else has come close. Here are the highest-scoring games in NBA history by someone under age 21:
This is the result of Phoenix going so young and Booker playing so well. Not every team would provide such an opportunity, but Booker seized it.
Not only is he the youngest player ever to score 70 points in a game, he’s the youngest to score 60 in a game.
Somebody ought to buy him a drink to celebrate – in October, once it’s legal.
