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Portland Trail Blazers superstar point guard Damian Lillard went on a tear again on Sunday, as he led his squad to a hard-fought victory against a Jimmy Butler-less Miami Heat squad. Lillard led all scorers with 33 points on 11-of-23 shooting from the field and 5-of-6 from the line, along with six triples, four rebounds, eight assists, a steal, and a block in 37 minutes of action.
Sunday night's offensive explosion marks Lillard's 13th 30-point effort for the calendar year — a feat that no other player in the entire league has been able to match thus far:
Tonight was Damian Lillard's 13th 30-point game since the turn of the new year, most in the league over that span.
Most 30-Pt Games Since Jan. 1
Damian Lillard 13
Devin Booker 12
Russell Westbrook 11
Giannis Antetokounmpo 11 pic.twitter.com/VPHZijXlat— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) February 10, 2020
Lillard has been smoking hot of late, and he has gone on an unprecedented scoring barrage over the past few weeks. We've got the numbers to prove it:
Damian Lillard over his last 12 games:
40.3 PPG
9.2 APG51.0 FG%
49.3 3P%
88.2 FT%63.0 eFG%
67.7 TS% pic.twitter.com/FjGEcHAlGS— StatMuse (@statmuse) February 10, 2020
It is worth noting, however, that despite Lillard's amazing production, the Blazers have actually gone 7-5 in the past 12 contests. On the season, Portland holds a 25-29 record and is ranked ninth overall in a ruthless Western Conference. Currently, the Blazers are two and a half games behind the eighth-seeded Memphis Grizzlies.
You have to wonder what else Lillard has to do in order to get his team over the hump. His out-of-this-world performances have been somewhat overshadowed by his squad's inability to make a substantial run at this point in the season. We still have a little more than a quarter left in the campaign, and as it seems, the five-time All-Star will need to keep up this insane level of play in order to give the Blazers a fighting chance for a postseason berth.