Damian Lillard tops Trail Blazers' single-game scoring record

Damian Lillard tops Trail Blazers’ single-game scoring record: Who are the others?

By Ryan Gaskin | Jan 21, 2020

PORTLAND, OR - JANUARY 20: Damian Lillard #0 of the Portland Trail Blazers does a post-game interview after a new career high 61 points against the Golden State Warriors on January 20, 2020 at the Moda Center Arena in Portland, Oregon. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2020 NBAE (Photo by Sam Forencich/NBAE via Getty Images) /

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Damian Lillard #0 of the Portland Trail Blazers does a post-game interview after a new career high 61 points against the Golden State Warriors (Photo by Sam Forencich/NBAE via Getty Images) /

Damian Lillard went for 61 points last night, setting the Trail Blazers’ franchise record for points scored in a single game. Who makes up the rest of the list?

I’m beginning to lose track of the times Damian Lillard has simply put the Portland Trail Blazers on his back, and took over in the way he did last night.

61 points, 10 rebounds, 7 assists and 11-20 from three. Dame did it all last night, as he scored 47 percent of Portland’s total points, and 79 percent of their three’s.

That wasn’t all Lillard accomplished. His 61 points set a franchise record for points scored in a game, beating his previous 60 point effort vs the Brooklyn Nets. To go along with this, last nights stat-line proved to be historic on the NBA scale too, as Lillard joined James Harden, Michael Jordan, Tracy McGrady and David Robinson as the only players to tally 60 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists in a game since the NBA merger.

So as Lillard tops the record he once set, I decided to take a look at the other players at the upper end of this leaderboard.

Oh, and here’s some highlights from last night, they’re pretty cool.