Booker: KD earned 'Captain America status' with Team USA scoring record
Kevin Durant may have picked up a new nickname amid his historic run at the Paris Olympics.
After Durant passed Lisa Leslie to become the all-time leading scorer in U.S. Olympic basketball history, Devin Booker likened his Phoenix Suns and USA teammate to a superhero.
"That's Captain America status," Booker told NBC Olympics. "I feel like he has every record, every Olympic record. Now we have to get him his fourth gold."
Durant scored 11 points in the United States' 122-87 victory over Brazil in the quarterfinals Tuesday, bringing his career total to 489 points across four Olympic appearances. Leslie totalled 488 points while helping the women's team win gold at the 1996, 2000, 2004, and 2008 Games.
Team USA will be back in action Thursday versus Nikola Jokic and Serbia in the semifinals.