2023-07-17 20:30:00
When you face Golden State with Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and the whole gang, it is not uncommon to collect a terrible card. But a working superstar had inflicted the same fate on the Dubs in the past, when one of their players had been far too defiant towards him. Bad idea…
It’s obvious to all fans of the orange ball and for years: Damian Lillard is one of the greatest scorers of his generation. Able to score in all possible situations, the leader of the Blazers can catch fire on everyone. Just ask the Warriors, who took a real masterclass in the face in January 2020:
Career-high ✔️
Franchise record in points ✔️
Francise record in 3-pointers ✔️
Most points scored in the NBA this season ✔️
Most points ever on #MLKDay ✔️@dame_lillard is SPECIAL pic.twitter.com/gdlSz6ASNP— Portland Trail Blazers (@trailblazers) January 21, 2020
61 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists as well as 11 converted shots: the No. 0 had quite simply touched perfection that night. But maybe it wouldn’t have happened without the help from across the way… As he confided to Colin Cowherd a few months ago, Dame DOLLA had thus taken the cabbage with a rookie named Jordan Poole beforehand. And the latter had finished annoying him during the meeting:
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He made a move and scored on my head. He got in a three point shot and he started bullshitting me. I turned to him, confused, you know? I think I scored 40 points that night, but we lost. I believe it was during the first half, I was on the free throw line and he was on the bench talking regarding me. I turned to him and said, “man, shut the fuck up”.
Shortly following, we faced them at MLK Day in Portland and he was on the bench. I started the game really slow, and he was on the bench trash-talking and going “oh, he’s not going to do anything tonight! “. That’s what he said from the bench. In that game, I ended up scoring 60 points and we beat them in Portland. After that I went to see Draymond Green and I told him “I don’t like it when people talk regarding me like that. »
It’s an unspoken rule in basketball: never, ever provoke a great scorer. Because the latter can respond with incredible violence on the floors and this is what Lillard did on this occasion. We imagine that Draymond Greenclose to the star of the Blazers, had then given a soap to the culprit following the final whistle!
Jordan Poole was still only a rookie during the 2019-20 season, but then he had the terrible idea of messing with Damian Lillard over several games in a row. The answer was logically salty and we imagine that today, the back of the Wizards has learned the lesson. In any case, we hope so for him!
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