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Damian Lillard of the Portland Trail Blazers drives to the basket during the game against the Houston Rockets at the Moda Center Arena in Portland, Oregon.In a breathtaking performance in front of a rapturous Portland crowd, Lillard etched his name into NBA folklore to drive the Blazers to a 131-114 victory.
Chamberlain holds the record with 100 points, followed by Bryant’s mark of 81. Thompson scored 73 points for Denver against Detroit in 1978.Lillard also threatened to beat Klay Thompson’s record of 14 three-pointers in a single game. As the final buzzer sounded at Portland’s Moda Center, Lillard was mobbed by team-mates and showered with confetti in recognition of a superb performance that eclipsed his previous best single-game scoring performance of 61 points.The Blazers are just outside of the play-in places with a 29-31 record in the Western Conference.‘Attack mode’
“I didn’t ease up or back off. The second half they came out and put a lot of attention on me but I just wanted to stay patient. I kept making the right plays. “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,” Billups said.
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