On December 15, Beijing time, the Blazers lost to the Suns 107-111 after an extra time at home, and Damian Lillard, who had 31 points and 10 assists, became an "air slasher". However, Lillard still set a milestone in this game, a career stats officially completed the surpassing of the "basketball god" Michael Jordan.
In this game, the Suns did not have Devon Booker, the Blazers did not have CJ McCollum, Lillard and Chris Paul's confrontation became the focus of attention, both of them did have a good performance, the first quarter sent 10 assists Paul got 24 points, 8 rebounds, 14 assists and 3 steals of the quasi-triple-double data, and Lillard, who did not feel good, also contributed 31 points and 10 assists.
One could argue that Lillard's offense was too inefficient, and admittedly, compared to Paul's 52.6 percent shooting percentage and 100 percent three-point shooting, Lillard hit just 11 of his 31 shots in this game, shooting just 35.5 percent from the field, including only five shots from outside the three-point line, but on the night when his best teammate Norman Powell was only a plus-minus of -13, Lillard was the only Trail Blazers starter who had a plus-minus of not a negative value.
In terms of the result of the game alone, Lillard did become a "slasher", but he still created a milestone in this game. This is already his 30+ points and 10+ assists in the 39th regular season game, and he has officially surpassed Michael Jordan on the NBA history list and tied for 12th place in NBA history with Kevin Johnson, and only one game away from Paul.
Among the NBA active players, only James Harden, LeBron James, Russell Westbrook and Paul have scored 30+ points and 10+ assists in the regular season than Lillard, and even Stephen Curry, who has been the MVP of the regular season, has only played in 30 regular season games so far.
As the first round of the 2012 NBA Draft No. 6 pick, Lillard has turned 31 years old, in the case of the rise of the Blazers is hopeless, Lillard, who has been selected as the "75 superstars", may really need to plan for his future, and those rumors about Lillard's transaction may not be empty.