Damian Lillard makes history with 71 points against Rockets: NBA record

More than 600 times a team has scored less than 70 points in one match, but only 11 players have managed to surpass the 71 goal mark. Damian Lillard was the latest to join this exclusive list in an authentic appearance against Houston Rockets (131-114). A night in which his star Portland Trail Blazers he took advantage of the dismal performance of the NBA’s worst team to reach his individual peak in the league.

With these 71 points Damian Lillard he tied the season high set by Donovan Mitchell on Jan. 2, a figure that seemed impossible to reach anytime soon. Big mistake. If there was anyone capable of doing it, it was him. Give me, who is having the best season of his career, achieving his best scoring record and fighting for the title.

The record set by the Blazers point guard leaves him as one of the most efficient performances of all time. Lillard hardly needed a series of 22 of 38 (57.9%) on field goals and 13 of 22 (59.1%) andn triple to join the 70’s club. Front only Mitchell (34 shots) and David Thompson in 1978 (73 points, 38 shots) they needed a similar number to overcome this hurdle.

There are nights when a player feels capable, confident and successful, but other factors have to come together to make that possible. The first is the level of the opponent or the resistance they put up and the Rockets weren’t the toughest possible opponent. Secondly, it is necessary for the team and the coach to project their star, providing him with balls, giving him long rotations and according to his capabilities. All of this was present in Lillard’s explosion that confirms him as one of the best scorers of his generation.

And it is that with these 71 points (must be repeated because it is amazing) give me He already has 5 games of 60+ goals, which only leaves him behind Kobe Bryant (6) and Wilt Chamberlain (32). That is, Lillard is the third player with the most 60-point games in history.

The NBA’s moment of health in terms of scoring and talent among its players is among the highest (if not the highest) in its entire existence. Blowouts like these re-evaluate the level of competition and serve to appreciate the work the stars put in year after year to keep raising the bar.

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