In a rare NBA feat, two players scored over 60 points on the same night for the fifth time in history. Luka Doncic led the way with 73 points, followed by Devin Booker with 62 points on January 26, 2024. This event came just days after Joel Embiid scored 70 points and Karl-Anthony Towns 62 points on January 22, 2024. The week marked the second occurrence within days that two players achieved such high scores on the same night, with the previous similar event dating back 46 years. Doncic, Booker, and Towns are now among the nine players who have scored 60+ points in multiple NBA games.
Only 5 times in NBA history have 2 players scored 60+ points on the same night. Two of those instances have come in the last 4 days: 1/22/24: Embiid 70, KAT 62 1/26/24: Luka 73, Booker 62 The previous was 46 years ago.
With their performances tonight, Luka (73 PTS) and Booker (62 PTS) become 2 of 9 players in NBA history to score 60+ in multiple games. Wilt Chamberlain, 32 Kobe Bryant, 6 Damian Lillard, 5 Michael Jordan, 4 James Harden, 4 Elgin Baylor, 3 Karl-Anthony Towns, 2 Devin Booker, 2… https://t.co/ZI7QHvTEPf
This week, Karl-Anthony Towns, Luka Doncic, and Devin Booker became the 7th, 8th, and 9th players in NBA history to score 60+ points in multiple games. https://t.co/bxRmQ61ZFS
It's the fifth time in NBA History that two players score 60+ PTS in the same night. The second time this week 🤯 https://t.co/o8hzvX92aJ
Before this week, only three times in NBA history had multiple players scored 60+ pts on the same day... It's now been done twice this week 🤯 Tonight: Doncic + Booker Monday: Embiid + Towns (via @EvanHAbrams) https://t.co/m8Ok3IgpFk