Can the NBA give Damian Lillard a retroactive All-Star nod? On a 14-game Friday night, nobody was more impressive.
With an endless barrage of deep jumpers that prevented the defending champions from gathering any semblance of momentum, the point guard recorded 51 points, seven assists and six steals in the 137-105 blowout victory over the Golden State Warriors. This Rip City floor general is now the only man to record those numbers since 1983-84.
Perhaps even more notably, he made a franchise-record nine three-pointers, and they each seemed to come from longer range.
Seriously, words can't do this performance justice:
Lillard became just the 13th player in the last decade to record at least 51 points without taking 30 shots from the field, and he joins LeBron James, Stephen Curry, Allen Iverson and Deron Williams as one of only five to do so with seven or more assists.
And it's not like he was the lone member of the Portland Trail Blazers backcourt to put together an impressive showing, as C.J. McCollum dropped 21 points, four rebounds and seven ...
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