On February 18, Beijing time, an NBA regular season ended today. The Portland Trail Blazers beat the New Orleans Pelicans 126-124.
In this campaign, Lillard once again turned the tide, scoring 43 points and 16 assists, and hit the key ball at the end of the game.
For Lillard's performance, his two "ill" teammates McCollum, Nurkic and NBA famous Chris Haynes gave very high evaluations.
McCollum said: "Wow, 43 points and 16 assists! You must know that this was won during a back-to-back road trip. Lillard's popularity is like playing Mortal Kombat! _P1p
Nurkic tweeted continuously, first reposting a Trailblazers fan's ridicule "Who needs CJ and Nurkic?", and replied: "We are hindering the team." Later, he praised Lillard as the MVP.
Yahoo Sports senior reporter Chris Haynes said: "Lillard's performance is absolutely worthy of the MVP. This season, CJ and Nurkic have been out for a long time. Lillard's performance is obvious to all. He shoulders Far more pressure than other stars."
During the absence of CJ and Nurkic, Lillard averaged 35.6 points and 8.6 assists per game.
This season, Lillard averaged 35.8 minutes per game, scoring 29.3 points, 4.4 rebounds and 7.4 assists, shooting 44.8% from the field. The Trail Blazers have won 6 consecutive victories and are ranked 4th in the Western Conference with a record of 18 wins and 10 losses.
According to statistics: For the 25th time in his career so far, Lillard hit the lead in the last 20 seconds of the last quarter or overtime, ranking first in the league during the same period (since 2012-13 season).
So far this season, Lillard has scored 82 points in key moments (within 5 points in the last 5 minutes) (first in the league), shooting 63.2% (first in the league, at least 15 games) , Three-point shooting rate is 58.8% (first in the league, at least 15 games), free throw shooting rate is 100%,Leading the team with 12 wins and 3 losses.
Before Lillard sometimes represented and sometimes did not represent, now Lillard carries a watch in every game.
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