Lillard scores 10,000th point, but Raptors school Blazers, 130-105

Trail Blazers give up a season-high 130 points to the Toronto Raptors, who dominate from start to finish. In better news, Damian Lillard scores his 10,000th point and moves into sixth place on Portland’s all-time scoring list.

Heading in to the Trail Blazers game against the Toronto Raptors:

This was Portland’s final east coast trip of the year. And it was their third game in four days.

No C.J. Miles for the Raptors. (Soreness in his right knee.)

Stotts won his fifth NBA Western Conference Coach of the Month award.

Damian Lillard needed 12 points to reach 10,000 points for his career.

Here are some thoughts and various odds-and-ends about Friday’s game.

SPOILER ALERT: I gave up near the end because dang Toronto is good.

FIRST QUARTER

Lillard scored the first nine points for the Trail Blazers.

In his first game after his 50-point masterpiece, CJ McCollum missed his first four shots.

Toronto goes on a 10-0 run to take a 20-11 lead.

First off the bench: the Ed Davis and Zach Collins Project.

The Trail Blazers had no answer for Jonas Valanciunas, who had 11 points early. He finished with 18 points and eight rebounds.

Raptors take a 12 point lead with 2:41 left.

Trail Blazers not shooting well; they’re just 5-of-16 with one minute left.

End of one (it’s kinda ugly): Raptors 37, Trail Blazers 18

DeMar DeRozan has 15 points. Valanciunas with 11.

Dame has 12 points, and he scored his 10,000^th career point on a beautiful driving layup. He reaches that milestone faster than any player in franchise history.

SECOND QUARTER

Collins picks up his third foul just eight seconds into the second quarter.

Trail Blazers getting beat on the boards. Raptors with four offensive rebounds so far.

Getting even uglier: Raptors up by 29 with 9:26 left.

But then the Trail Blazers go on a 12-0 run to pull within 17 – if it’s possible to be “within” 17.

But three three-pointers in a row by the Raptors extend Toronto’s lead.

Trail Blazers simply look a step slower than the Raptors, who take a 65-41 lead.

Raptors are 10-of-16 from three (62.5 percent).

Lillard hits a three to move past Jim Paxson for sixth on the Trail Blazers’ all-time scoring list.

Lillard plays nice defense against DeRozan, blocks his shot, leading to a McCollum pull-up jumper.

But still, it’s pretty ugh for the Blazers.

At the half: Raptors 74, Trail Blazers 52.

Portland with eight turnovers to Toronto’s one. Lillard with 18 points, nine assists. Nurk with 15 points and five boards. DeRozan already has 26 for the Raptors.

Third Quarter

Things don’t get much better to start the third as Toronto increases its lead to 27 points.

The Trail Blazers spent the third quarter trying to fight their way back into it. But each time they seemed to be within striking distance, Toronto would pull away.

Here are a couple of tweets that I did:

Trail Blazers “within” 17 again!

I’m just going to move on to the fourth quarter.

Fourth Quarter

So, the fourth quarter will be a story told in additional tweets. Cool? Cool.

I got nothing.

Final score: Raptors 130, Trail Blazers 105.

Next: Trail Blazers on a roll, but tough road, true tests await

Dame with 32 points, 10 assists. Jusuf Nurkic with 20 points, seven rebounds. McCollum with 21 points. DeRozan with 35 points for the Raptors.

This is cool, though:

And things like this will happen from time to time:

Next up: Sunday in Boston (9 a.m. tip-off; set those alarms!).