Blazers’ Damian Lillard Breaks NBA Document for 3-Pointers Made in a Playoff Series
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In Game 4 of the series between the Portland Stride Blazers and the Denver Nuggets, Damian Lillard broke the document for a huge selection of threes made in a playoff game.
In Game 5, he shattered one more one, making his 35th three of the series, a single-series playoff document.
Lillard had 19 parts with three makes from deep because the Stride Blazers led the Nuggets, 68-61, on the half of on Thursday.
The previous document used to be held by Utah Jazz vital person Donovan Mitchell, who dropped 33 to easiest a player whose team used to be on the different aspect of the court docket Thursday—Jamal Murray, who dropped 32. Those stats got here because the avid gamers battled every other in a predominant-round series final twelve months.
On Tuesday, Lillard had 12 makes from deep among his 55 parts, forcing the game to double-beyond traditional time the assign the Nuggets finally got here away with the 147-140 take. That stat line bested Golden Teach Warriors vital person Klay Thompson’s 11 makes in 2016.
If the Stride Blazers can stave off an elimination by Denver on Thursday evening, Lillard can maintain the probability to additional his articulate in NBA history in Game 7 on Saturday.