Beijing time on December 15, the NBA Blazers sat at home to meet the Suns, the first quarter Ayton, Crowder combined to cut 18 points, the Suns got an 11-point lead, the second quarter Lillard, Powell cut 17 points, the Blazers narrowed the trailing score to 6 points, in the third quarter Covington, Yusuf Nurkic combined to cut 15 points, under their power in the third quarter the Blazers rebounded 2 points, in the fourth quarter of the game Lilillard scored 13 points, but unfortunately Chris Paul hit a tie, Ayton stole Lillard, The race went into extra time...
The performance of the Blazers in overtime is difficult to say, they have a total of 9 shots in overtime and 7 irons only scored 5 points, most of the time they played with the Suns back and forth, but in overtime they were too weak, and the final score was 111-107, the Suns won 4 points to send the Blazers 6 consecutive losses, this campaign Lillard did have some highlight performance, but his output of 31 shots and 20 irons was too low, and what was more frightening was that such a downturn was not a theory, he was currently leading the team to a state of 5 consecutive defeats, The Blazers look like it's time to send Lillard away as soon as possible?
The Blazers recently swallowed 6 consecutive losses, but these 6 consecutive losses Lillard only played 2 games, one was to lose to the Suns, the other was to lose to the Timberwolves, and since November 25, Beijing time, Lillard has played a total of 5 games, these 5 games The Blazers are all defeated, naturally Lillard also led the team to play 5 consecutive losses, and in these 5 games Lillard scored a total of 114 points, he totaled 93 shots and 32 shots in 5 games, shooting 34.4%, including 53 shots and 14 of 5 three-pointers. 26.4% shooting from three-point range...
So far this season, Lillard has averaged 38.9% per game shooting rate and 29.7% from three-point shooting, which is already very iron, but I did not expect that recently Lillard led the team to lose 5 consecutive defeats totaling 93 shots crazy 61 iron, there is no most iron, only more iron, such a downturn is naturally for a reason, on the one hand, it is indeed his personal feeling is not good, on the other hand, the league has made adjustments to blow penalties this season, once the opponent has the intensity of the confrontation, Lillard's output has been limited, coupled with the general defense, Lillard was very weak on the pitch.
Of course, it's completely understandable that any star will have such a stage, but the problem is that Lillard's annual salary this season is $39.34 million, his contract expires in 2025, this contract looks very long, and Lillard is now hoping to sign another early renewal contract with a contract valued at $107 million for 2 years! Lillard has already had some high salaries and low energy this season, and if he signs that contract again, the Blazers are expected to be completely cool...
For the current Blazers, they need to completely tear down and start over, and even the boss may sell the team, Lillard is their past signature star, but now his performance, his salary, his positioning has not been appropriate, now Lillard still has a good transaction value, after all, he can still have a lot of expectations, but if it is dragged on, this value may continue to fall, so as mentioned above, the Blazers should send him away quickly, right?