While the NBA The 2022-23 season is in the final stretch of the regular phase and the different franchises try to secure a place in the playoffs which begin in mid-April. the current season of American basketball is marked by records that are happening or from those brands that, without being top, are just as impressive.
Lebron James less than a month ago he completed the feat of breaking the record of records Kareem Abdul JabbarSaturday saw the second game with the most points scored in the history of the competition (Los Angeles Clippers 175-176 Sacramento Kings, surpassed only by the Detroit Pistons’ 184-186 win over the Denver Nuggets in 1983) and Sunday, February 26, 2023 was the dream night of Damian Lillard the one who has the task of marking history.
The Portland Trail Blazers beat the Houston Rockets 131-114 and Lillard signed the best performance of his career: he scored 71 points, gave 6 assists and grabbed 6 rebounds during the 39 minutes he was on the pitch.
His massive scoring record on Sunday night ranks him as the fourth-most scoring player in a single game in NBA history. They just get over it withered chamberlain (100), Kobe Bryant (81) and David Thompson (73), tied with 71 ever by Elgin Baylor, David Robinson, and Donovan Mitchell. It should also be noted that Chamberlain made 78 once, 73 twice more and 72 once.
The Blazers leader went 22-of-38 from the field and 13-of-22 from 3-point range, leaving him just one triple off Klay Thompson’s record (14). As it stands, he shares second place in this statistic alongside Stephen Curry and Zachary LaVine.
Lillard, who won the triple contest last week All-Star Game, lit up Portland’s night with an outstanding performance. He started with 41 points at halftime, after signing 16 in the first quarter and 25 in the second, and continued his monologue in the second half with 9 points in the third quarter and 21 in the fourth for a total of 71.
Interestingly less than two months ago Donovan Mitchell he had done the same amount in the Cleveland Cavaliers’ 145-134 win against the Chicago Bulls. Further back in time, you have to travel to January 22, 2006 to find a higher record, when Kobe Bryant he shined with 81 points against the Toronto Raptors.
lillard He signed his fifth game with 60+ points and passed his career best, which was 61 (against the Dallas Mavericks and Golden State Warriors in 2020). He struck from all areas of the field and showed off with spectacular penetrations.
The 32-year-old point guard led the Blazers scoring more than half of his team’s points, which is now 11th in the Western Conference with a record of 29 wins and 31 losses and is battling the Minnesota Timberwolves (31-32) for a play-in spot.
“There are 22 or 23 games left until the end of the championship and we have to give our best to collect as many victories as possible”he said at the end of the game. “I wanted to be aggressive and played in ‘attack mode'”added the star of the evening at the Moda Center in Portland.
+70 points in an NBA game
- Wilt Chamberlain: 100 points.
- Kobe Bryan: 81 points.
- Wilt Chamberlain: 78 points.
- Wilt Chamberlain: 73 points. (twice)
- David Thompson: 73 points.
- Wilt Chamberlain: 72 points.
- Damian Lillard: 71 points.
- Donovan Mitchell: 71 points.
- David Robinson: 71 points.
- Elgin Baylor: 71 points.
- Devin Booker: 70 points.
Source: Clarin