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Here’s how NBA Twitter reacted to the Thunder’s ridiculous 62-point win over the Blazers.
The Oklahoma City Thunder dominated the Portland Trail Blazers in every single way on the court Thursday night, eventually beating them 139-77.
The Blazers suffered the fifth-worst loss in NBA history, and Twitter had to react to it.
Here’s how NBA Twitter reacted to the NBA sending a memo to all 30 teams about Damian Lillard’s trade request.
According to Shams Charania, the NBA has sent a memo Friday to all 30 teams about Damian Lillard’s trade request and the stance that he only wants to play in Miami.
Here’s how NBA Twitter reacted to the news.
Here’s how NBA Twitter reacted to Damian Lillard requesting a trade out of Portland.
According to Chris Haynes, Damian Lillard has requested a trade out of Portland.
The Miami Heat and Brooklyn Nets are expected to be among the leading suitors for the Blazers’ superstar point guard. This comes a day after Portland signed Jerami Grant to a $160M deal.
Here’s how NBA Twitter reacted to the latest news in the league.
Here’s how NBA Twitter reacted to Jerami Grant’s 160M deal with the Blazers.
Jerami Grant is signing a huge five-year, $160 million deal to return to the Portland Trail Blazers, per Shams Charania.
As expected, NBA Twitter had mixed emotions regarding Portland’s decision to agree on a huge deal for Grant.
This was the most efficient 70-point performance in league history.
While you were sleeping, Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard finished with 71 points during a victory over the Houston Rockets.
Lillard, who had 41 points at halftime, is one of the most breathtaking scorers in basketball. On the offensive side of the floor, Lillard can truly outpace any player in the league on any given night.
But what he accomplished on Sunday night was especially magical. It is not easy to exceed 70 points in an NBA game. But is even harder to do what he did as efficiently as he was able to do it. Best of all is that the way he scored as many points made history.
Among all the players who have ever scored at least 70 points in a single game, none have ever accomplished as much as efficiently as Lillard did against the Rockets.
Damian Lillard finished tonight with 71 points on 38 FGA and 14/14 from the line. Which is good for a True Shooting %* of 80.4%
Of the eleven 71+ point games in NBA history, that's the most efficient in history, per @bball_ref https://t.co/aiefYvE5qf pic.twitter.com/iPRnd0ADMa
— Cory Jez (@JezData) February 27, 2023
As noted by Cory Jez, the guard finished with a true shooting percentage of 80.4 percent. It broke the previous record among 70-point scorers, which was set by Donovan Mitchell (78.9 percent) earlier this season.
Lillard and Mitchell ranked ahead of David Thompson (1978), Kobe Bryant (2006), and Wilt Chamberlain (1963).
During the game on Sunday, the Portland guard finished a perfect 14-for-14 from the free-throw line and he connected on 13 shots from beyond the arc. It was a truly masterful display of efficiency in which he scored 1.56 points per possession, via Synergy.
Among all players who have scored at least 60 points in a single game, meanwhile, Lillard also holds the all-time record for the most efficient true shooting performance (89.8 percent) from a win over the Jazz last month.
Only three players in NBA history have had separate games with at least 50, 60 and 70 points in a single NBA season.
Wilt Chamberlain
Kobe Bryant
Damian Lillard— Sam Quinn (@SamQuinnCBS) February 27, 2023
In fact, per Sam Quinn: Lillard now joins Wilt Chamberlain and Kobe Bryant as the only players in NBA history to ever notch 50 points, 60 points, and 70 points in the same season.
Additionally, Lillard now joins Kobe and Wilt as the only players with at least five 60-point games in NBA history. (For context: Michael Jordan and James Harden each have four.)
With his 71-PT performance tonight, Damian Lillard now has the third-most 60+ PT games in NBA history with 5.
1. Wilt Chamberlain (32 games)
2. Kobe Bryant (6 games)
3. Damian Lillard (5 games) pic.twitter.com/5TGlHpjfVa— NBA.com/Stats (@nbastats) February 27, 2023
Whenever your name appears in the record books alongside only legends like Wilt and Kobe, you know you are in rarified air.
Although last night was a career-high for Lillard, high-volume efficiency is not unusual for the seven-time All-Star.
The Trail Blazers’ superstar is one of the most exciting players to watch in the league and he is one of the most explosive scorers in recent memory. If his team is able to make a run in the postseason, don’t count Lillard out of any given game.
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Here’s how NBA Twitter reacted to Damian Lillard’s 71-point performance against the Houston Rockets.
Damian Lillard went off Sunday night, dropping a franchise and career-high 71 points — tied for the most in the NBA this season — in Portland’s 131-114 win over Houston.
Lillard added 13 three-pointers in his record-breaking night.
Here’s how NBA Twitter reacted to Dame’s legendary performance.
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Here’s how NBA Twitter reacted to Damian Lillard’s 60-point game against the Utah Jazz.
Damian Lillard went off for 60 points in the Blazers’ 134-124 win over the Utah Jazz on Wednesday night. In doing so, he became the third player in NBA history with the most 60-point games.
The 32-year-old superstar knocked down nine three-pointers and added seven rebounds and eight assists.
Fans, media members, and players jumped to Twitter to praise Lillard’s performance.
Here’s how NBA Twitter reacted to CJ McCollum being traded to the New Orleans Pelicans.
After eight years in Portland, CJ McCollum has been traded to the New Orleans Pelicans, per multiple reports.
According to Adrian Wojnarowski, the Blazers are sending McCollum, Larry Nance, and Tony Snell to New Orleans, in exchange for Josh Hart, Tomas Satoransky, Nickeil Walker-Alexander, Didi Louzada, a 2022 protected first-round pick, and two second-round picks.
NBA Twitter has been quick to play up the Damian Lillard angle after the biggest deal of trade deadline week so far:
After eight years in Portland, CJ McCollum has been traded to the New Orleans Pelicans, per multiple reports.
According to Adrian Wojnarowski, the Blazers are sending McCollum, Larry Nance, and Tony Snell to New Orleans, in exchange for Josh Hart, Tomas Satoransky, Nickeil Walker-Alexander, Didi Louzada, a 2022 protected first-round pick, and two second-round picks.
NBA Twitter has been quick to play up the Damian Lillard angle after the biggest deal of trade deadline week so far:
¿Vieron la imagen de portada de esta nota? Sí, esa de Gary Trent Jr. de los Portland Blazers volando por los aires. Esa imagen es una excelente captura del momento en el que Trent nos regaló una “aparatosa” caída sin igual que hizo reír a muchos …
¿Vieron la imagen de portada de esta nota? Sí, esa de Gary Trent Jr. de los Portland Blazers volando por los aires.
Esa imagen es una excelente captura del momento en el que Trent nos regaló una “aparatosa” caída sin igual que hizo reír a muchos fans.
Trent iba velozmente camino al aro cuando se topó con el defensa de los Oklahoma City Thunder Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. Pero el tropezón no fue para nada suficiente para mandarlo a volar por los aires así de alto y lejos. Así que Gilgeous-Alexander no pudo más que reírse de la espectacular actuación de Trent.
Aquí el video:
This flop by Gary Trent Jr. is wild 😂 @shaqtin pic.twitter.com/FtmLC0axmi
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) January 26, 2021
Traducción: Esta caída de Gary Trent Jr. fue algo salvaje.
Gary Trent Jr. really tried to sell this 😂 pic.twitter.com/MqBtZhwCIi
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) January 26, 2021
Traducción: Gary Trent Jr. en verdad trató de vender esta caída.
Pero, ¡hey! Logró que el silbato sonara. Eso debe contar de algo.
Artículo traducido por Gabriela Enríquez
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