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Devin Booker certainly showed he’s worthy of a second straight in leading the Phoenix Suns to a 132-100 rout Tuesday over the Portland Trail Blazers.
Scoring 20 of his 34 points in the first half, Booker played one of his better games as the Suns (20-10) are now 9-1 in their last 10 and winners of their last three.
“No one can debate Book’s an All-Star,” Suns coach Monty Williams said. “End of story.”
Phoenix led by as many as 37 points over Portland (18-12), loser of