The Suns' loss to the Clippers, which lacked Paul George, was simply unacceptable. But for the five-game Losing Blazers, it's good news, they're sitting at home and they're in the sun of back-to-back combat, which is the best time for the Blazers to end their losing streak. However, the Blazers really could not seize the opportunity, the first quarter was the Suns played a 32-21 offensive climax, but the Blazers gradually completed the counterattack, but unfortunately the last quarter was not powerful, the Sun dragged the game into overtime, and regrettably lost the game in overtime, suffering six consecutive defeats.
Damian Lillard still did not find the feel, 31 points, 2 rebounds and 10 assists on 11 of 31 three-pointers, including 5 three-pointers and 5 free throws, the overall data looks good, but the efficiency is too much worse. Compared to Chris Paul, who had 24 points, eight rebounds, 14 assists and three steals on 10 of 19 three-pointers, 1 plus 4 free throws, 14 assists and three steals, Lillard was still behind. In the performance of key moments (the last five minutes of the game, the difference of no more than five points), Lillard was even more hanged by Paul.
At the critical moment, Lillard scored 6 points in 1 of 7 three-pointers, 6 of 6 shots and 4 free throws, and the shooting percentage was only 14.3%, while Paul scored 7 points in the key moments from 6 shots and 3 plus 2 free throws, the two had a good difference in scoring, but unfortunately the shooting rate was heaven and earth, Paul was too stable at the key moment, Lillard missed too many opportunities, and even the penalties in the key moments would be lost, which was really unacceptable. In fact, Lillard not only did he perform badly in key moments of this game, his performance in key moments of the season was unbearable.
This season, Lillard has played 11 games with key moments, achieving a 4-7 record, averaging 2.3 points per game in key moments, shooting 24.9% from the field and 14.3% from three-point range. In the 20-21 season, Lillard played 34 games with key moments, achieving a record of 22 wins and 12 losses, and he averaged 4.8 points per game in key moments, shooting 51.1% from the field and 39.1% from three-point range. This gap is too obvious, and this season Lillard's winning percentage, scoring, shooting rate and three-point shooting rate in the key moments have all dropped sharply, even exceeding the level of waist cuts.
Lillard is jokingly called "cousin" by fans, he has had many performances in key moments, is a full big heart player, but this season's Lillard seems to be unable to find his watch, the performance at key moments is unbearable, and the basic data is only 22 points, 4.2 rebounds and 7.8 assists, shooting 38.9%, three-point shooting rate of 29.7%, of which shooting percentage and three-point shooting rate are career lows. It seems that Lillard is not only lost in the table, but his heart is probably not in Portland.
Text/Duncan's laugh