Next point explosion in the NBA: Point guard Damian Lillard from the Portland Trail Blazers has led his team to success in the North American professional basketball league with an outstanding 71 points. In the 131:114 over the Houston Rockets, he scored 13 three-pointers and hit a total of 22 of his 38 throws.
Lillard is only the eighth player in league history to break 70 points and, at 32, the oldest. At the beginning of January, Donovan Mitchell of the Cleveland Cavaliers also had 71 points and provided the record for the current season, which Lillard has now equaled.
National team captain Dennis Schröder was also able to celebrate with the Los Angeles Lakers. Against the Dallas Mavericks, who played with the two star players Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving, but still without the ailing Maximilian Kleber, the 2020 champion achieved an important 111:108 win in the play-off fight. Schröder had a strong 16 points and eight assists in 35 minutes. The Mavericks were already ahead by 27 points.
In the top game of the Western Conference, the Denver Nuggets beat the Los Angeles Clippers 134-124 after overtime. Two-time MVP Nikola Jokic topped with 40 points, 17 rebounds and 10 assists to lead the frontrunner to success.
