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Damian Lillard, He is in a great form in this bubble environment. First, he scored 50+ points game, in the next game he scored 61 points and now he takes his team to the play-in series with 42 points. Now they will play against Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday to take 8th seed and for the playoffs entry.
Damian Lillard scored 42 points, 3 rebounds, 2 steals, and 12 assists in his 44 minutes of play. Brooklyn Nets and Portland Trail Blazers both played this game with high intensity as their playoff game. Both teams exchange lead many times in the first half of the game until 6:29 minutes left in the Second Quarter, Portland took 5 points lead. when 1:13 minutes left in the 2nd quarter, Portland took 8 points with Damian Lillard's layup.
7 minutes left in the 3rd quarter, Nets cut a lead to 2 points. In after a minute Temple's straight on 3 tied a game at 85. Nets made a 23-6 run to take a lead of 9 points in the third quarter.
10:31 minutes left in the fourth quarter, Damian Lillard made a 3 pointer from the LOGO of NBA. Wow, What a shot! 9:30 minutes to go Lillard's step-back three cut a lead to only one point. Portland took a lead in the game when just over 8 minutes left. 5:15 left in the quarter, Nets took 5 points lead. 4:04 minutes left in the game, Anthony's 3-pointer cut a lead to 2 points. 2:53 to go Portland took a lead of 1 point with Nurkic finished on Damian Lillard's dish. Harris tied a game at 130 points. 53.4 seconds left in a game CJ McCallum's jumper gave 4 points lead to Portland. 37 seconds left in a game, Caris LeVert scored and drew a foul. When 5 seconds left Caris LeVert tried to give his team a win but he missed it by an inch. A huge win for Portland Trail Blazers.
Nurkic scored 22 points with 10 rebounds, CJ added 25 points, 4 rebounds, and 7 assists. Trent Jr and Whiteside scored 12 points each.
For Nets Caris LeVert was hot in this game, He scored 37 points with 6 rebounds and 9 assists. Harris and Timothe scored 19 points. Allen, Temple, and Johnson scored 14, 15, and 16 points.
We're in the Western Conference Play-In! 🎥 pic.twitter.com/c67PVvs7eK
— Portland Trail Blazers (@trailblazers) August 14, 2020
Memphis Grizzlies won a crucial game against one of the best teams of the NBA Milwaukee Bucks. They won only 2 games in this bubble environment at Orlando.
Now all teams standing are clear in the west, Memphis Grizzlies get the 9th seed in the West, and Portland Trail Blazers victory means they are in the 8th place in the west. They will play the first game on Saturday and if the 8th seeded team will win a match they will directly qualify for the Playoffs and if the 9th seed team win s a game than they both have to play another game. 8th seeded team need to win only 1 game to qualify and 9th seeded team need to win both of their game to qualify in the playoffs
Portland Trail Blazers or Memphis Grizzlies- winner of this play in series will face Los Angeles Lakers and LeBron James in the Playoffs.
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