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The basketball world reacts to Devin Booker's 70-point performance

Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker dropped 70 points in Friday night's 130-120 loss to the Boston Celtics, and in the process the 20-year-old broke a bevy of team and NBA records.

According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Booker became the youngest player in NBA history to score as many as 60 points in a game, breaking Jerry West's record when he was 23 years old during the 1961-62 season.

The second-year guard also produced the league's highest-scoring game since Kobe Bryant scored 81 against the Toronto Raptors in January 2006.