Legendary Lillard show, he performed with 71 points for the Rockets

The Blazers’ game against the Rockets turned into a performance for a role and star player was Damian Lillard.

The American point guard scored 71 pointshaving 41 in the first half!, and came close to tying the record three-pointers in a match with 13/22 that he had in today’s game.

2nd-most 3PM in a game in NBA history (13)
8th player to score 70+ PTS in a single game (71)
The first player in NBA history with 70+ PTS, 5+ REB, 5+ AST and 10+ 3PM in a single game…

What a night for Damian Lillard?? pic.twitter.com/8MMHxePNUu

— NBA (@NBA) February 27, 2023

Yes, with this particular look just became the third player in NBA history, behind Wilt Chamberlain and Kobe Bryant, with 60+ points in more than five matches.

As for his 41 points with 8 3-pointers in the first half, they are the second-best 40-plus point performance since Kobe Bryant in 2003.

Jerami Grant and Nasir Little with 11 points completed Lillard’s legendary performance.

For the Rockets, Alperen Sengun and Jason Tate each had 16 points, while seven players finished in double figures.

Something that no other team has achieved this season managed the Lakers, who turned around a 27-point deficit against the Mavericks in Dallas. Specifically, Los Angeles was behind 48-21, but they were able to get the pink match sheet 108-111.

The first scorer for the winners was Anthony Davis with 30 points, 15 rebounds and 4 assists. LeBron James, who limped off, was held to 26 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists, while Dennis Schruder had 16 points and 8 assists.

26 points, with 9 rebounds and 5 assists was the tally of Luka Doncic, 21 points were scored by Irving who had a double-double with 11 rebounds and had 5 assists (2/10 three-pointers). Hardaway and Wood finished the game with 17 and 14 points, respectively.

NBA results in detail

Bucks-Suns 104-101

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Hawks-Nets 129-127

Bulls-Wizards 102-82

Mavericks-Lakers 108-111

Cavaliers-Raptors 118-93

Thunder-Kings 115-124

Warriors-Timberwolves 109-104

Blazers-Rockets 131-114

Nuggets-Clippers Ongoing