Follow Live: Devin Booker (37 points) and Luka Doncic (41 points) are going off

For the second time in less than a week, two separate players made a run at scoring history. On Tuesday, Joel Embiid reached 70 points against the San Antonio Spurs while Karl-Anthony Towns got to 62 against the Charlotte Hornets, but on Friday, two other superstars managed to top them.

Devin Booker put up 62 points in a loss to the Indiana Pacers… and wasn’t even the leading scorer of the night. Luka Doncic topped him and everyone else this season with a 73-point masterpiece in a 148-143 victory over the Atlanta Hawks. The total now ties David Thompson for the fourth-most in league history, trailing only Wilt Chamberlain (100), Kobe Bryant (81) and Chamberlain again (78). Chamberlain had two other 73-point games.

Early in the fourth quarter, it seemed as though Doncic might make a real run at Bryant’s 81. He had 65 with 10:23 remaining on the clock, but the Hawks did everything in their power to slow him down from there. Doncic shrugged, didn’t force anything, and finished the game with seven assists. His teammates carried much of the fourth-quarter load, but Doncic was still able to make history with 73.