Damian Lillard is capable of doing some amazing stuff, but even by the lofty standard he has set, what he did on Tuesday night was absolutely bonkers. Lillard had the game of his life in Game 5 against the Oklahoma City Thunder, capping off a 50-point outburst with a long distance bomb to punch the Portland Trail Blazers’ ticket to the second round.
You have probably seen it already, but because you cannot watch something this cool enough, here it is again.
🗣M 🗣V 🗣P 🗣 pic.twitter.com/iu9Rz77UyQ
— Portland Trail Blazers (@trailblazers) April 24, 2019
Lillard launching a triple from 37 feet out and burying it in the eye of, potentially, the league’s Defensive Player of the Year is some storybook stuff. The Trail Blazers’ official Twitter account summed it up best.
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— Portland Trail Blazers (@trailblazers) April 24, 2019
I had the exact same reaction, just not on Twitter. Speaking of everyone’s favorite social media platform that restricts you to 280 characters when you want to say something, upon Lillard’s series winner, a myriad of NBA players made it a point to celebrate the All-Star guard for hitting one of the best shots you’ll see in your life.
⌚️
— LeBron James (@KingJames) April 24, 2019
OH SHIT 😱
— Spencer Dinwiddie (@SDinwiddie_25) April 24, 2019
DAME DAMN!!!!
— DWade (@DwyaneWade) April 24, 2019
JESUS CHRIST
✌🏿— Ekpe Udoh (@EkpeUdoh) April 24, 2019
https://twitter.com/andrewbogut/status/1120915530309754883
Legendary @Dame_Lillard
— Mike Miller (@MikeMiller_13) April 24, 2019
My dawg for life @Dame_Lillard 🔥🔥🔥🔥
— Tim Frazier (@Timfraz23) April 24, 2019
What!!!!!! Did i just watch!!!!!!!!!!!! This was the best playoff game I’ve watched in a long long time!
— Channing Frye (@channingfrye) April 24, 2019
Come on. Stop it. Go crazy @Dame_Lillard
— Frank Kaminsky III (@FSKPart3) April 24, 2019
Wow pic.twitter.com/c2RDvmYUuu
— Robert Covington (@Holla_At_Rob33) April 24, 2019
Wow 😲
— Tyson Chandler (@tysonchandler) April 24, 2019
The praise came from all over the NBA universe, as no one could believe that Lillard did something this cold.
… now thats a dagger. What a performance. All series long. Salute to a true hooper. 💯
— Ricky Rubio (@rickyrubio9) April 24, 2019
Bro that might be the COLDEST game winner I’ve ever seen 👀👀👀 Dame is an absolute MONSTER!
— Anthony Tolliver (@ATolliver44) April 24, 2019
What a game @Dame_Lillard!! 👏🏼👏🏼#Respect @nba #WhereAmazingHappens #NBAPlayoffs
— Pau Gasol (@paugasol) April 24, 2019
Best game I seen in a while dame dollaz is the man
— Nick Young (@NickSwagyPYoung) April 24, 2019
Damn Dame! Wow!
— Draymond Green (@Money23Green) April 24, 2019
Unreal @Dame_Lillard
— Jrue Holiday (@Jrue_Holiday11) April 24, 2019
One of the coldest game winners I've seen..
— 🏁 Jamal Crawford (@JCrossover) April 24, 2019
Na Dame!!! 😂😂😂😂
— Lou Williams (@TeamLou23) April 24, 2019
That’s one the coldest things I’ve ever seen lol
— John Henson (@Johnhenson31) April 24, 2019
BRUHHHH a 50 piece and closing the series like that???? 🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️
— Garrett Temple (@GTemp17) April 24, 2019
A little late to the party but that was absolutely ridiculous @Dame_Lillard
— Kevin Love (@kevinlove) April 24, 2019
Not even Enes Kanter, who took the floor with Lillard on Tuesday, could believe what he just saw up close and personal.
ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME ??????????? 😱🤯😱🤯
— Enes FREEDOM (@EnesFreedom) April 24, 2019
In an especially cool moment, Allen Iverson took a second to show some love.
God DAME!!!
— Allen Iverson (@alleniverson) April 24, 2019
Amid all that praise, Grizzlies forward Chandler Parsons took an approach that was a little more empathetic to Oklahoma City getting knocked out in such heartbreaking fashion.
happens to the best of us
— Chandler Parsons (@ChandlerParsons) April 24, 2019
Still, this was all about Lillard. Calling game is always incredible, but doing it to win a playoff series and establishing yourself as the baddest man on the planet is a level that only Damian Lillard knows.
