On Wednesday night, Damian Lillard scored 32 points, shooting 11-of-21 from the field and 6-of-10 from behind the three-point line. He was efficient, and he almost led the Milwaukee Bucks to an impressive comeback over the Boston Celtics.
A box-score glance at his stat line would conclude that he picked the Celtics apart. And in the last few minutes of the contest, he played well.
That doesn’t tell the whole story.
Not seen on the stat sheet is the full-court press Jaylen Brown played against him. The ball denial on inbounds plays.