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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Damian Lillard set franchise and career highs with 71 points — tied for the most in the NBA this season — and 13 3-pointers, as the Portland Trail Blazers snapped a two-game skid with a 131-114 victory over the Houston Rockets.
Lillard tied Cleveland’s Donovan Mitchell for the most points in a game this season after Mitchell also scored 71 in a win over Chicago on Jan. 2. Lillard broke his own franchise mark of 61 points, which he’d done twice, on a 3-pointer with 4:42 left that also topped his career record for 3s in a game with 11.
In the final minutes, the crowd at the Moda Center was on its feet, phones recording the moment while chanting “MVP! MVP!”
Lillard left the game with 44 seconds left.
Lillard had 41 points and eight 3-pointers by halftime.
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