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Trail Blazers: Breaking down the Russell Westbrook / Damian Lillard rivalry

Damian Lillard has played for the Trail Blazers against Russell Westbrook in the Western Conference since 2012. But until 2019, their rivalry wasn’t documented so publicly.

During the 2019 regular season, Westbrook famously said to Dame ‘ I’ve been busting yo a** for years. ‘ Ironically, since Westbrook uttered those words, Dame has been the one doing the busting! In Dame’s early years Westbrook had the best of their matchup’s individually, but the game result’s had always been even till recently.

When breaking down the thirty games that they’ve played in total, Dame has 16 wins and Russ has 14.