Thanks to Damian Lillard’s MVP-level production, the Trail Blazers reached the All-Star break with a 21-14 record. Through the first 35 games of the 2020-21 regular season, Lillard has continued to establish himself as one of the NBA’s best clutch performers.
Lillard’s late-game heroics go beyond just the eye test. During the break, CBS Sports contributor Colin Ward-Henninger highlighted the late-game statistical output from the former Weber State star.
There’s no need to get fancy when it comes to Blazers analysis — Damian Lillard has saved a season that could have gone downhill very quickly due to injuries to CJ McCollum and Jusuf Nurkic.