Damian Lillard overpowers Russell Westbrook and Bradley Beal’s Wizards leading short-handed Trail Blazers to victory

Damian Lillard overpowers Russell Westbrook and Bradley Beal’s Wizards leading short-handed Trail Blazers to victory
Damian Lillard

Damian Lillard continues his stellar performance with yet another match winning performance for the Portland Trail Blazers, when they needed him the most being under-manned. Lillard scored 32 points, while Gary Trent Jr registered 26 points for the Trail Blazers. Veteran Carmelo Anthony proved vital with his score of 21 points, coming off the bench. Robert Covington added 19, while Enes Kanter scored a double-double with 14 points and 15 rebounds.  

Talking about the Washington Wizards, Russell Westbrook scored another triple-double with 17 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists. While Bradley Beal continued his magic with 37 points. While Hachimura scored 24 points. The Wizards were looking to capitalise on their terrific clutch victory against the Brooklyn Nets. But that wasn’t going to be the case against Damian Lillard led Portland Trail Blazers. 

Damian Lillard overshadows Russell Westbrook’s triple-double and Bradley Beal’s 37 

“We’ve been having guys dropping left and right, dealing with a lot,” Lillard said as per ESPN. “And I’ve been dealing with some nagging things myself, where coming into tonight, I felt like I could barely move out there to start the game. And I was even thinking, ‘Should I have sat last night? Or sat tonight?’ 

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“I was pushing and fighting that the whole game, because I knew how important this one was for our season.” 

“We were late to everything,” Bradley Beal said of Washington’s defense. “We were late on our defensive rotations. Offensively we weren’t playing fast enough or playing hard enough. They were just kicking our (butts). They got their butts kicked last night by Milwaukee and they came in tonight with a different mindset out of the gate.” 

With his performance in this particular game, Carmelo Anthony moved into 13th place on the NBA all-time scoring list with 26,675 points, passing Dominique Wilkins (26,668 points). 

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