That's the beauty of basketball man. Lots of the greatest shots in basketball history are not considered as "good shots" at all, this one is no exception. But he took it and made it it's one of the greatest shots in playoff history.
Paul George is so full of ****. Dame has always been comfortable taking long bombs. He was way too far from him and he got burned. He should of been humbled and accept that he forgot who he was guarding and he just played bad D.
I'm more surprised by his postgame reaction. WB is rubbing off on him big time. Instead of looking all sour and being a sore loser, just acknowledge Dame made a huge play and move on. Instead of being all salty about a shot he hit yet again on you in the same exact game. That you clearly still do not respect. But I guess all that trash they were talking isn't allowing them to do that.
What ???????? It was a great shot but this same guy got swept last year by the pelicans and correct if I am wrong but has dame ever reached the wcf !!!
Precisely why I said arguably. From the perspectives you guys alluded to, sure. Defender was weaker, shot was perhaps technically easier. But, last night's game is not all or nothing. Game was tied; Portland was not trailing. Series was not on the line, they were up 3-1. So the 1st round exit mentality thingy is debatable. I also don't necessarily agree that the shot is more difficult. Lillard is known to excel this type of shots. He is perhaps as good executing super deep 3s as Curry; in this series he's gone 5 out of 5 (!) on such 3s. Step-back 3s for Harden is not step-back 3s for other guys; the same applies to Lillard. It's his thing.
nvm the fact that they were down 15 with 3-4 mins left. but hey a 37 fter. to win isn't that impressive I guess
Over the last 3 years Lillard has shot 30% from 30-34 feet. And I'm being generous here because counting 35+ (his shot was 37) it drops to 13%. Stop acting like Lillard is some automagical assassin who can throw it through a doughnut from center court at will. That shot was dumb and I really hope he keeps doing that if the Rockets play the Blazers.
so what. hes obviously comfortable taking that shot. there's nothing terrible or dumb about a shot you obviously work on or feel comfortable taking. just stop it. something hes done all series long and all year long all of a sudden becomes a dumb shot. give me a break. There's no acting going on because he actually did it the entire series. There's nothing fake about that. just because you didn't follow this isn't anyone else's problem. that wasn't some 1st time hoist for lillard. he even made the same shot to start the 2nd half. but yeah shot was dumb apparently harden's shot against GS that beat them was a terrible shot as well. much more worse than this one. are you holding the same logic or because it went in, it was great.
Most of kobe’s game winners were bad shots too. The score was 115-115. If Lillard missed they would have just went to OT. Better than driving to the rim, getting fouled, and the refs swallow their whistles. He put the game in his own hands and it worked out for him.
Inside the assassin's mindset — and trash talk — of Damian Lillard’s matchup against Russell Westbrook I don't like Chris Haynes, and I don't want to give him clicks but I'm too lazy to format it into this post. With fire quotes like: “I’m getting rid of these mother------- tomorrow.” and “I know I ain’t no b-----ass mother------." and “Stop running from this ass whoopin’.” it's a worth the read.
He has this coming and all of the ridicule he gets. He is a fraud as an MVP and the stupid franchise picked him above two other HOFs. It was no secret why Durant was friends with Harden. When they played together, Harden passed him the ball. I watched so many games where Durant was in witness protection out there with Brodie.
Max Kellerman says James Harden Chokes, the Media are such Hypocrites, Harden always gets passed the 1st Round, while Russell Westbrook can't get passed the 1st Round the last 4 years. The Media blames Russell not having better players, won MVP over Harden, when Harden had a better record, while Russell steals rebounds for Triple Doubles, gets close to Adams for a pockets Assist, Last Year full blame on Carmelo Anthony, Russell get a pass, Michelle Beadle, Rachel Nichols, Max Kellerman says Russell Westbrook plays hard, give him a pass, Nike fake agenda at it's best. Russell Westbrook has the worst form of a shooter I've ever seen, worst than Rajon Rondo. Max says Russell "Plays so Hard" duh every NBA player plays hard running up and down the court. Russell Westbrook is a Choker, Lowest IQ So called Non Point Guard I've ever seen. Media ain't attacking Russell Westbrook for his antics or bad plays, because they are all embarrassed they voted for this 30 year old diva for MVP.
Seth Curry influence on Damian Lillard, C.J McCollum has been huge. Seth being brothers with Stephen Curry, maybe Seth teaching Damian, CJ how to shoot deeper 3s, how to use moves to get open deep 3s. Dribble moves. Seth learned a lot from Stephen, Klay Thompson, Dad Dell Curry was a great 3 point shooter. A lot 3 Point Shooting Champions. Damian shooting deep 3 point percentage is off the charts.
