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Saturday 24 May 2014

Damian Lillard

Damian Lillard was born on july 15th 1990 and was born in America, Oakland, California. Damian Lillard is a 6 ft 3 point guard in the NBA. He is a top point guard he was drafted to the Portland Trailblazers in the NBA draft and was the 6th pick in the 1st round.


Rookie Season
In his Rookie season Damian Lillard played in the NBA summer league and was averaging 26.5 points and 4.0 rebounds 5.3 assists . His debut was against the Los Angles Lakers and was one of the highest marked people in his NBA debut with Isiah Thomas and Oscar Robertson making over 20 points and 10 assists. In 2013 he was nominated to be in the NBA All-Star Weekend the 2 competition's where the Rising stars challenge and the skills challenge. 


The start of 2014 season went off with a bang when Damian Lillard  set a career high of 41 POINTS WOW! and set a record for most points in a quarter but sadly had a loss against Sacramento Kings. The NBA All-Star Weekend kicked off yet again for the young all-star but this time not only did compete in 2 but the coaches voted him to compete in all 5 competitions which set another record the challenges were the Rising stars challenge, Skills challenge, Three point contest,Dunk contest and the All star game. Lillard's NBA playoff debut was played against Houston Rockets and he made 31 points 9 rebounds 5 assists and with only 1 turnover. In the 6th game against Houston he made the most amazing shot with 0.9 seconds left on the clock and won the game and that made them advance to the second round of the playoffs but sadly in the second round San Antonio Spurs ended there season

 



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