Damian Lillard’s huge game in Denver on Tuesday night was marred by a few bad plays from some teammates.
Lillard’s Portland Trail Blazers lost 147-140 in double overtime to the Nuggets despite 55 points from Lillard. Portland was down 143-140 with under a minute left. First, with 41.3 seconds left, Robert Covington missed a dunk.
Damian Lillard dishes it to Robert Covington who MISSES A DUNK and next play CJ McCollum steps out of bounds. Get Dame out of that hell please pic.twitter.com/fyNCdTO1N6
— Playoff Los (@CountOnCarlos) June 2, 2021
Then with the score still at 143-140 and 10.2 seconds left, CJ McCollum stepped out of bounds.
CJ stepped out. Tough. pic.twitter.com/JDKPeMjbRS
— Dime (@DimeUPROXX) June 2, 2021
CJ McCollum stepped out of bounds and turned the ball over, Denver's ball. #NBA pic.twitter.com/pOTKRM81Ur
— Chris Beasmore (@CBeasmoreNews) June 2, 2021
Man, that is just a tough break. There wasn’t a whole lot more Lillard could have done towards getting a win, but his teammates really just let them down.
Game 6 of the series will be on Thursday in Portland.
