Damian Lillard’s INCREDIBLE 71-PT Performance | February, 26, 2023

...out of here with a win, without their two best shot creators from the perimeter. Jameson buries a three over Jabari Smith. ...was looking at the Sacramento Kings game. OK, so what the best shot creators on our roster is out. I'm going to get something done. It was a fun evening, really fun evening. The fans were really engaging. The guys always just really open with them. Very accessible. All the time. The fans had a great time taking pictures with various individuals. Here's Dane out way outside. Grant with it, out on top to Little. Over it comes to Dane. Elevates for three. That's a deep one and he reeled it in. Garfield High School in Seattle. Dane, double team, spins between defenders into the lane. He motors right to the rack and laid it up and in. Eason will give Dane to Christopher and Christopher on his heels. Listed at .226. He's every bit of that. Dane off the screen. Leads into a triple. Got it. See, like that. That's what I'm talking about. Speed. Beautiful. Now he's got to finish the job, though. Reddish to Watford. Lillard sets his feet. Leans back at three. Got it. Damian Lillard. Seven threes on the night and ten attempts. He has 36. On this one, Dane kept moving. And Reddish the other way. Dane, a deep one. Normally makes. Yeah. He gets guys shots. Oh, man. Yeah. It's one of those things where the natural inclination is not to pick up from that point. So, even as the Rockets are defended with experience and you learn, like, no, things are very different when he's out there. Dane streaks to the cup. Dane pops out. Comes off the screen. Shooting to three. Drilled it. Nothing but net for Damian Lillard. Lillard with seven here in the quarter. 48 for the game. Gets it back from Watford. Steps back. Tough midrange. Got it. Nine of his 50 points in the third. Off the screen for three. Damian Lillard knocks down a triple. Lillard with his tenth three-pointer of the night. Drives inside. Outside to Grant. Fakes. Hangs. Finds Dane. Step back. Three. Up and in. U-backs. Dane will bring it out of backcourt. Windmilling his arms. Blazers by ten. A burst into the lane. Flushed him with a right hand. Damian Lillard right on the boulevard with a right-hand jam and the foul. Running start. He's been north of 60 four times. Knocks this one down. Make it five. Sixty points for Damian Lillard. Off the screen. With him. Sets his feet. Leans back for three. Got it. Damian Lillard a career high. The three-pointer for Lillard is twelfth of the night. Sixty-four points for Damian Lillard in 35 minutes and the crowd is on their feet. The age of 32. One of the great scorers. One of the great shooters of all time. But then physically they're not doing anything to then change what's going to happen next. And, Corey, talk about the efficiency when you get a chance. Twenty of 32. Twelve of 19 from three. Lillard trying to get open. Does. A three in his sights. He's got it. Damian Lillard. Catch. Shoot. Knocked it down. Shooting from a phone booth. Doesn't matter. Thirteen threes. One shy of tying Clay Thompson's all-time record. Sixty-nine. Back to Grant. Dable spread out on the sideline to get the rock. High dribble. Into the lane. Running right-hander. Up and 71 points. A career high.