PORTLAND, Ore. — Damian Lillard set franchise and profession highs with 71 factors — tied for essentially the most within the NBA this season — and 13 3-pointers and the Portland Path Blazers snapped a two-game skid with a 131-114 victory over the Houston Rockets on Sunday evening.
Lillard tied Cleveland’s Donovan Mitchell for essentially the most factors in a recreation this season after Mitchell additionally scored 71 in a win over Chicago on Jan. 2. Lillard broke his personal franchise mark of 61 factors, which he’d performed twice, on a 3-pointer with 4:42 left that additionally topped his profession report for 3s in a recreation with 11.
Within the remaining minutes, the group on the Moda Middle was on its toes, telephones recording the second, whereas chanting “MVP! MVP!”
Lillard left the sport with 44 seconds left.
Lillard had 41 factors and eight 3-pointers by halftime. It was a profession excessive in a half for Lillard and essentially the most factors in a half for any participant within the league this season. He had 50 by the beginning of the fourth quarter.
Jerami Grant added 13 factors for the Blazers, who led by as many as 23. Portland is a part of a cluster of eight Western Convention simply 4 wins aside which might be vying for playoff spots.
Alperen Sengun had 17 factors and 10 rebounds for the Rockets, sitting in final place within the Western Convention with simply 13 total wins and 9 straight losses.
