Damian Lillard is a basketball god.
After scoring 112 points combined over his two previous games, the Portland Trail Blazers star followed with another 42 and the biggest defensive play of the night in a do-or-die 134-133 win over the Brooklyn Nets. The victory sends the Blazers to a play-in series as the eighth seed in the Western Conference.
Portland will face the Memphis Grizzlies with the NBA’s final playoff spot on the line on Saturday, needing one win in two tries to advance to play the top-seeded Los Angeles Lakers in the first round on Tuesday.