Damian Lillard

[Thomas]

55 points and 10 assists last night for Damian. Jeepers. 12 record breaking threes for the playoffs. He shot over 70% from three. Pretty prime time stuff for post season even though they still lost...crazy.

[macdaddy]

Kind of criminal they can't put a contender together with his talent and unlimited resources. 

[benhillboy]

I never cared for dude outside of the awesome run of ‘18 where they got swept by a team missing Kevin Durant.  It has gotten better they lost in 6 to a team missing its “second best” player (I’m taking Porter Jr over Murray all day but that’s another topic)

Lilliard is actually a poor man’s Trae.  Both porous individual defenders with non-existent off-ball games.  But Trae is quickly learning to be a good team defender, Dame is one of the most flat-footed, inactive arm defenders going.  He has the quickness and strength to be decent but you only see it in spurts in the fourth quarter.  Dame’s basic passes out of double teams aren’t in the same stratosphere with Trae’s creativity and he has no floater, Trae has arguably the best.  Lilliard doesn’t like to allow CJ to control at all, Trae is willing to let Bogi assist him with playmaking.