I know it’s hard to explain, but a lot of people always feel that some records should stay where they are, especially when it’s a Michael Jordan who holds on to them. “We’ve got to make sure that our bigs are up on the pick-and-roll”.
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Lillard, playing in his first game since being left off the 2016 All-Star team, scored a career-high 51 points (on 18-of-28 shooting) and hit nine three-pointers in 31 minutes.
“He was phenomenal”, Kerr said.
It was offered as high praise, but when Golden State coach Steve Kerr invoked Steph Curry’s name as a way of lauding Damian Lillard’s electric night against his Warriors – “He looked like Steph Curry out there” – it felt a little wrong.
Chicago shook off the absence of three players, and a five-game losing skid, to beat Toronto 116-106. Draymond Green alone had nine turnovers, in what they referred to as the wheels coming off the wagon in the third quarter.
Lillard, by all accounts, is one of the best players in the National Basketball Association, lifting a sub-par and rebuilt Trail Blazers team to playoff contention out there in the Pacific Northwest. When you play as fast and free as the Warriors do, you’re bound to lose control sometimes.
Lillard made a huge statement to the whole league by shaming the best team in the National Basketball Association. “Once I saw the ball go in so much early in the game, that’s what helped me get going later in the game”. They are a tough team.
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“I haven’t scored 50 since ninth grade”, Lillard said after the game, according to The Oregonian. The only others to achieve the feat in any game were Michael Jordan, Allen Iverson and Rick Barry.
The Blazers took better care of the ball in the second quarter, committing just one turnover, but their deficit ballooned to 13 before they closed with a 7-0 spurt to trim Utah’s lead to 52-47 at halftime.
Luol Deng had 27 points a night after scoring 30 points in a victory at Atlanta, and Goran Dragic added a season-high 24 points and had eight assists and seven rebounds.
Bradley Beal lead the Wizards with 19 points.
Warriors: Curry hit a 3-pointer on the road for a record 101st consecutive regular season game, the only player to ever compile a triple-digit streak of that nature.
“It has been a long couple weeks”, said McDermott. “We just have to go out there and compete at a high level”.
On a less depressing note, the Oklahoma City Thunder lost to the Indiana Pacers at home, largely thanks to GSoM fan favorite Monta Ellis. The Blazers, who led 42-31 after one, were firmly in control.
Trevor Ariza added 25 points and six rebounds, and Patrick Beverley had 18 points and six rebounds for the Rockets.
The Memphis Grizzlies had to come from behind to beat the Minnesota Tiberwolves 109-94, having trailed by five points going into the final quarter.
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Guards Tony Parker scored 22 points and Patty Mills added 21 as the San Antonio Spurs struggled with the Phoenix Suns before pulling away for a 118-111 win on Sunday.
