Damian Lillard went off on Sunday night, and didn’t waste any time doing so at the Moda Center.
Lillard, after dropping 41 points in the first half, notched a career-high 71 points in the Portland Trail Blazers’ 131-114 win over the Houston Rockets. Lillard shot 22-of-38 from the field and made a franchise-record 13 3-pointers while adding six assists and six rebounds.
He now has five 60-point games in his career, which trails only Kobe Bryant’s six and Wilt Chamberlain’s 61. Sunday’s performance was the eighth-highest scoring game in NBA history, too.
"We've got 23, 22 games left after this, and we need to win as many as possible .