So you can stare at the box score if you want. It will never tell the full story. When you actually watch Booker this season, you see the leadership, the physicality, the way he shapes winning night after night. That part does not always show up in neat columns, but it shows up where it counts. The win column.

Devin Booker confirmed what everyone figured after leading the Phoenix Suns to a 106-99 victory on Jan. 17 over the New York Knicks before a sellout crowd of 19,812 at Madison Square Garden.

The Knicks’ two wins came against the Los Angeles Clippers and the Portland Trail Blazers.