Booker, Durant Both Score 36, Suns Even Series With Nuggets
Phoenix Suns forward Kevin Durant (35) shoots over Denver Nuggets forward Aaron Gordon (50) during the first half of Game 4 of an NBA basketball Western Conference semifinal game in Phoenix on May 7, 2023. Matt York/AP Photo
PHOENIX—The Denver Nuggets—understandably—were putting a huge share of their defensive pressure and attention on Phoenix’s high-scoring duo of Devin Booker and Kevin Durant in the fourth quarter of Game 4 on Sunday night.
“We were trying to make other guys beat us not named Booker, not named Durant,” Nuggets coach Michael Malone explained.