The Phoenix Suns celebrated Devin Booker and Kevin Durant’s Olympic gold medals with Team USA at the 2024 Paris Olympics ahead of tonight’s matchup against the Los Angeles Lakers.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!Booker started all six Olympic games for the U.S. and averaged 11.7 points on 56.8% shooting from the field, a team-high 56.5% shooting from 3, 3.3 assists and 2.7 rebounds in 22 minutes per game.
Durant, now Team USA’s all-time leading scorer and rebounder, came off the bench for the first five games before starting the gold medal contest against France and averaged the third-most points on the team at 13.8 on 54% shooting from the floor, 51.9% shooting from 3, 3.2 rebounds and 2.3 assists in 22.2 minutes per game.
The #Suns honor Kevin Durant and Devin Booker for their gold medals in the 2024 Paris Olympics ahead of tonight’s matchup against the #Lakers pic.twitter.com/BckZdYYlnc
— Burn City Suns ☀️ (@BurnCitySuns) October 29, 2024
The Suns (2-1) currently lead the Lakers, who feature two of Durant and Booker’s Team USA teammates in LeBron James and Anthony Davis, 50-48 at halftime, coming back from down as much as 18 in the first quarter behind 18 points from Booker and 12 from Durant.
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Brendan Mau is a senior writer covering the Phoenix Suns and more for Burn City Sports. You can follow him on X via @Brendan_Mau
