Watch: Damian Lillard makes playoff history in Nuggets vs Portland Trail Blazers Game 5


Watch: Damian Lillard makes playoff history in Nuggets vs Portland Trail Blazers Game 5

Nikola Jokic and Damian Lillard

If there is one player who has risen from the bottom to proclaim himself as the best clutch players of the modern-day generation, it has to be Portland Trail Blazers’ marquee scorer Damian Lillard. With the Trail blazers being squared against Denver Nuggets, their sole survival option was it Lillard unleashed his ‘Dame Time’ to stop the Nikola Jokic led army and indeed he has!

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The Denver Nuggets were on the verge to win Game 5, Enters Dame Time! Lillard came up big for the Blazers in the dying moments of this game. Prior to his game-tying triple, the Blazers star also came up with a huge steal on the other end against Nuggets guard Austin Rivers.

Damian Lillard elaborated on his clutch legacy in Nuggets vs Portland Trail Blazers Game 5

Moreover, Lillard hit the most threes of any player has hit in an NBA playoff game EVER with 12 three-pointers made. In addition, Damian Lillard also set a franchise record 55 points in Game 5.

Not only did Damian Lillard send the particular game into OT with his clutch 3-pointer, but went a step further to set the score at 135 a piece and send it to second OT.

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He has registered himself as one of the most reliable clutch players of all time, with his accurate and precise shooting from the 3-point line. Scoring against the resilient Nuggets’ defense in no joke, yet Lillard has been doing it for 5 continuous games. And not to forget if it wasn’t for Damian Lillard’s clutch shots, the Trail Blazers would have not even made it into the NBA 2020-21 Playoffs in the first place.

Damian Lillard

Having said that it has been nothing less than a spectacle to watch Lillard scoring in Game 5. It just goes onto shows that no matter how well an individual performs, the sporting world is cruel as the away team lost 140-147 to Denver Nuggets.

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