Earlier, the Suns beat the Pacers by 18 points 112-94, and in the last six games, they have only lost one game, and the team's top scorer, Dwon Booker, has continued to turn on his offensive mode, playing 35 minutes in the whole game, shooting 11 of 25, 6 of 13 three-pointers, and cutting a team-high 35 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists. After the game, he also talked about the fans still comparing him to his idol Kobe Bryant, but Booker didn't seem happy about it: "Don't mention the mamba spirit anymore, I'm inspired by the kobe and mamba spirit, but I'm not Kobe, and people are shouting the mamba spirit from their mother's house. ”
It is true that he does regard Kobe Bryant as his idol, but Booker has his own exclusive playing style, even if he is a Kobe fan, he can't stand to compare with idols every day, just like kobe bryant once said to the outside world: "I am Kobe, I will not be the second Jordan." And Booker refuses to be surrounded by the "mamba spirit" and insists on being himself, which is also reminiscent of Guo Allen of the CBA not long ago.
Because his uncle is the Chinese men's basketball celebrity Guo Shiqiang, and Guo Allen has been living in the "shadow" of Guo Shiqiang over the years, and has been crowned the title of "big nephew" by the outside world, although fans feel that this name is a positive and a recognizable thing, but for the parties, it is indeed not very acceptable to connect themselves with another player.
Back to Booker, the height of 1 meter 96, the main playing point guard, and the first round of the 13th show, naturally will be the outside world and Kobe Bryant linked, although in the beginning Booker can still accept modestly, but a long time, now whenever talking about Booker, everyone has to take him and Kobe, and Mamba spirit to connect, it will indeed make the players have a resistance. Booker has been in the league for 7 years since his debut with the 13th pick in the first round in 15 years, but it wasn't until Paul joined last season that he was able to usher in his first playoff journey, but Booker, who first entered the playoffs, did not show any discomfort, but instead played better than the regular season 27.3 points, 5.6 rebounds and 4.5 assists, and in the finals with the Bucks, Booker improved the stats to 28.2 points and 4 assists, but he was only two wins away from the first career championship.
After the baptism of this finals, this season Booker played more mature than the previous two seasons, for the team in these 43 games, Booker averaged 23.7 points, 5.4 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game, and the three-point shooting rate reached a career-high 40.9%, and the Suns under his, Paul and Ayton leadership, have now sat in the league's leading position with a record of 32 wins and 9 losses, and the gap with the second place Suns has opened up to 1.5 wins.
For a player like Booker, who has just entered the league and is destined to be related to NBA legend Kobe Bryant, it is indeed necessary to overcome these objective problems by himself, and Guo Allen is the same, since the moment he stepped into the CBA arena, he is also destined to be inseparable from Guo Shiqiang, but the reason why they can achieve such achievements today is definitely not by a certain person, but by their own hard work, if they really have a lot of topics to compare with others every day, it will be really tired!