Damian Lillard torches Thunder as Trail Blazers snap OKC's four-game win streak
Damian Lillard led the Portland Trail Blazers to a 123-103 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder, scoring a season-high 25 points. The win ended the Thunder's four-game winning streak and highlighted Lillard's continued impact on the franchise.
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PORTLAND, OR — Plenty of people inside Moda Center could be seen wearing a Damian Lillard jersey on Tuesday night.
He's a living legend around these parts, after all. Someone who leads the franchise in career points (19,551), made 3-pointers (2,412) and plenty of other statistical categories. But Trail Blazers fan Ben Hider chose to rep him with something different.
He wore a T-shirt of Lillard's most iconic moment, where he sank a 37-foot buzzer beater that secured Portland's first-round playoff series win over OKC in 2019. The shirt, which Hider printed back in 2019 and kept all these years later, included Paul George's infamous postgame quote that read "I don't care what anybody says, that's a bad shot" on the front. The back had a photo of Lillard waving the Thunder off the floor.
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