Superstar Damian Lillard of the Portland Trail Blazers appears to be on the attack against the Rockets. We examine the sharpshooter’s offensive highest-scoring games throughout his career as he approaches his career high in Sunday night’s game.
In the game against the Houston Rockets, Damian Lillard found himself well within reach of surpassing his 61-point career best with just under six minutes remaining. The great Trail Blazers player has recorded 61 points twice in his career, with the most recent coming in a game against the Dallas Mavericks in 2020ā21.
Lillard gave the Portland supporters a proper reason to rejoice by making a career-high number of three-pointers and racking up a lot of other stats. He is undoubtedly one of the NBA’s best offensive players, having recorded 15 games with 50+ points in his career. Also Read: Lakers stunning 111-108 victory over the Mavericks, records the largest NBA comebackĀ ofĀ theĀ season
Damian Lillard scores 71 points in an incredible performance
On Sunday night, Damian Lillard had a great game and accomplished many new goals.
Lillard tallied a career-high 71 points in the Portland Trail Blazers 131-114 victory over the Houston Rockets, after scoring 41 points in the first half. While playing 39 minutes, Lillard made a franchise-best 13 3-pointers on 22 of 38 field goal attempts.
Damian Lillard made eight 3-pointers in the first two quarters, giving him 41 points before he entered the locker room at halftime. In the first nine minutes of the second quarter alone, he made 8 of 11 shots for 25 points. He joined only Bryant, who accomplished this feat in 2003, as the only other player to ever score at least 40 points while draining eight 3-pointers. According to ESPN, they also tied it with Kyrie Irving for the second-most points scored in a half in the previous 25 seasons, trailing only the 42 points scored by Bryant in 2003.
By the end of the third quarter, Damian Lillard had scored 50 points, but the Rockets had closed the gap to 14 points from as much as 23 early on. With a tremendous and-one dunk over Jabari Smith Jr. midway in the fourth quarter, he increased his lead to 59.
After making two free throws, Lillard’s step-back 3-pointer over Jae’Sean Tate, his 12th of the game, set a new career best. Also Read: Michael Jordan says, āI would have never retired in 93ā if Iād just played for the stats
Lillard breaking records
They drew the accomplishments of Lillard Sunday night out. He currently ranks third in career 60-point games with five, behind Wilt Chamberlain’s 61 and Kobe Bryant’s six. At 32, he is the oldest player to ever score 70 points in league history and has the eighth-highest scoring game in league history. Also, he is the first player in league history to reach the 70-point mark in under 40 minutes.
Damian Lillard made eight 3-pointers in the first two quarters, giving him 41 points before he entered the locker room at halftime. In the first nine minutes of the second quarter alone, he made 8 of 11 shots for 25 points. He joined only Bryant, who accomplished this feat in 2003, as the only other player to ever score at least 40 points while draining eight 3-pointers. According to ESPN, they also tied it with Kyrie Irving for the second-most points scored in a half in the previous 25 seasons, trailing only the 42 points scored by Bryant in 2003.
There was more to it. Before the game ended, Damian Lillard had 71 points after making another 3-pointer. In the last minute, he continued to try to break Klay Thompson’s single-game record for 3-pointers made with 14, but he appeared exhausted and was unable to nearly make it.
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