Basketball superstar Damian Lillard had a spectacular performance with his trademark “Dame Time” 3-pointers at the match between East and West superstars at the 2024 NBA All-Star event.
Milwaukee Bucks star Damian Lillard won the 2024 NBA All-Star MVP title with an extremely impressive performance, helping the Eastern stars defeat the West with a score of 211-186.
Lillard had 39 points after 11 successful 3-point shots, 6 assists, 3 rebounds in 28′ matches, being the highest scoring player of the Eastern stars team. Behind “Dame Time” are Jaylen Brown (36 points, 8 rebounds) and Tyrese Haliburton (32 points, 10/14 successful 3-pointers).
In his 8th appearance at the NBA All-Star event, Lillard delivered an extremely high-quality performance from the second quarter with many 3-point scoring situations from far away. In the final scoring situation of the match, Lillard made an accurate 3-point shot from the midfield line, something that made this defender famous.
On the other side of the front line, striker Karl-Anthony Towns achieved very high performance, scoring 50 points (23/35 successful throws) even though he only started from the bench. Oklahoma City Thunder superstar Shai Gilgeous-Alexander also left his mark with 31 points.
Other famous Western stars such as Luka Doncic, Nikola Jokic, LeBron James, Stephen Curry or Devin Booker play quite leisurely, comfortably demonstrating individual techniques and not too concerned about scoring points.
With the title of NBA All-Star MVP this time, Damian Lillard officially entered the history of the tournament by becoming the second player in the NBA to win the MVP title after winning a skills tournament the day before the event. All-Star , after the legendary Michael Jordan (achieved in 1988).
Yesterday (February 18), Lillard successfully defended the 3-Point Contest championship against the competition of many other notable faces such as Karl-Anthony Towns or Trae Young.
Hopefully with what he did at the All-Star event, Damian Lillard will regain his best spirit to help the Milwaukee Bucks play well again.
The 33-year-old superstar has been criticized a lot for playing under his strength since joining the team this summer with a shocking contract in the basketball world, not getting along well with Giannis Antetokounmpo and being said to have a bad relationship. with striker Brook Lopez.
After 56 matches, “The Deer Herd” had 35 wins, 21 losses, and only won 3/10 recent matches. Even though they had to change their generals midstream when they fired Adrian Griffin and appointed veteran coach Doc Rivers, the situation of this team is still not very positive.
