{"id":6782,"date":"2023-03-10T00:51:53","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T00:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/damian-lillard-scores-71-points-as-portland-trail-blazers-beat-houston-rockets\/"},"modified":"2023-03-10T00:51:55","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T00:51:55","slug":"damian-lillard-scores-71-points-as-portland-trail-blazers-beat-houston-rockets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/damian-lillard-scores-71-points-as-portland-trail-blazers-beat-houston-rockets\/","title":{"rendered":"Damian Lillard scores 71 points as Portland Trail Blazers beat Houston Rockets"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Damian Lillard became only the 10th NBA player in the past 25 years to score more than 40 points in a half<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Damian Lillard scored 71 points – the joint eighth highest in an NBA game – as the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Houston Rockets 131-114.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Only NBA greats Wilt Chamberlain – five times, with a high of 100 – Kobe Bryant (81) and David Thompson (73) have scored more points in a game.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

“I got it going early on and I stayed aggressive,” said 32-year-old Lillard.<\/span><\/p>\n

“It was a masterful performance – a piece of art,” said Blazers coach Chauncey Billups.<\/span><\/p>\n

“We don’t get the chance to experience things like this a lot, and I’ve been around the league a long, long time – 71 points, that’s just incredible.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Having 41 points at half-time was insane, and then he came out in the second half and in the third quarter he just made every right play.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Lillard, whose haul was a record for the Trail Blazers, scored 13 three-pointers at the Moda Center in Portland, one short of the NBA record held by Klay Thompson.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I wanted to be in attack mode,” said Lillard.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I know it’s a team effort, but I feel like I’ve got to do what I can to make sure we get some wins. We’ve got 22 or 23 games left and we need to win as many as possible.”<\/span><\/p>\n

The Trail Blazers are just outside the play-in places with a 29-31 record in the Western Conference.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lillard has scored more than 60 points in a game five times, behind only Chamberlain (32) and Bryant (six).<\/span><\/p>\n

The Cleveland Cavaliers’ Donovan Mitchell also <\/span>scored 71 points<\/span><\/a> against the Chicago Bulls last month.<\/span><\/p>\n

Elsewhere, the Los Angeles Lakers erased a 27-point deficit to triumph 111-108 over the Dallas Mavericks, while the Milwaukee Bucks extended their winning streak to 14 games with a 104-101 victory over the Phoenix Suns.<\/span><\/p>\n

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