A lot of people think Dame is like Kobe or Harden or any number of guys who put up big numbers by taking lots of shots. They are wrong.

The Legend put up 39 points on 20 shots. Going 17 of 17 from the line. This type of efficiency is why Blazers fans know Lillard is a Legit Superstar and the rest of the league thinks he is “just” a good to great point guard.

Also, Dame scored the last 11 points of the game for the Bucks. That’s what we know of as “Dame Time”.

One of my big takeaways was that Dame wasn’t tired at the end of the game. Usually in Portland he was just gassed at the final buzzer because if he wasn’t running 110% there wasn’t a chance at a win.

It must be quite surreal for him to be open sometimes too! At the Blazers he was 100% the focus of the opposing team’s defense and he still put up big numbers. Seeing him open and not the core element of every single play made him so much more fun to watch, not to mention lethal. He even mentioned in the post game interview how nice it was that he wasn’t organizing the offense and defense all the time and has a team around him that takes care of a lot of things he was used to running in Portland.

I’m so happy for your team and I’ll be watching as many games as I can! Over here in Portland we’re in full rebuild mode so I’m going to follow the Bucks for the next few years.