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Blazers’ Lillard goes nuclear, scores career-high 71 over Rockets
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He tied with Mitchell, Elgin Baylor (1960) and David Robinson (1994) for the eighth-most points scored in a game in NBA history

Portland Trail Blazers’ Damian Lillard became the latest NBA player to drop a monster stat line on Sunday night, catching fire to drop career-high 71 points against the Houston Rockets including astonishing 41 in the first half.

Lillard shot 22-of-38 from the floor and made 13 threes as he set the mesh on fire all night as the Blazers took home a 131-114 win.

Lillard, who finished with 13 3-pointers, broke his own franchise mark of 61 points, which he’d done twice, on a 3-pointer with 4:42 left that also topped his career record for 3s in a game with 11.

His 41 points in the first half were capped off by a three from just over the half-court line, living up to his “Logo Lillard” nickname.

The 71 Lillard scored tied for the highest-mark set in the NBA this season, Cleveland Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell also dropped 71 earlier this year.

Lillard left the game with 44 seconds left, tied with Mitchell, Elgin Baylor (1960) and David Robinson (1994) for the eighth-most points scored in a game in NBA history.

Wilt Chamberlain has the league record with 100 for Philadelphia against New York on March 2, 1962, at Hershey, Pennsylvania.

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James was left speechless after witnessing Portland Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard drop 71 points against the Houston Rockets on Sunday.

After witnessing Lillard’s 71-point eruption, James took to Twitter to share his reaction. As mentioned, he wasn’t really able to say anything, only sending out a watch emoji to share his amazement for the Blazers star. Everyone knows what that tweet means though: it’s Dame Time.

Alperen Sengun had 17 points and 10 rebounds for the Rockets, sitting in last place in the Western Conference with just 13 overall wins and nine straight losses.

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