Was Damian Lillard’s fourth quarter performance one of the best Blazers moments of all time?

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It's not even close to winning the championship....it's a highlight for the season but we've had lots of those....the .9 shot probably one of the most exciting of his career...the 50 in 3 qtrs....he's had some wonderful career moments but not even close to winning a championship or even winning the Western Conf finals. For some of you you weren't around for the championship...I was 23 years old when we won it
 
No, not even close. It came in a regular season win against a lottery team. Typical day at the office for Dame. I'm not even sure if its his most exciting performance of the last four weeks. In the last 4 weeks, he's also dropped 50 in 29 minutes against SAC. dropped 44 in a win over GSW and dropped 40 on PHO including the buzzer beating game winner in a 15-point come from behind victory.

BNM
 
riverman said:
It's not even close to winning the championship....it's a highlight for the season but we've had lots of those....the .9 shot probably one of the most exciting of his career...the 50 in 3 qtrs....he's had some wonderful career moments but not even close to winning a championship or even winning the Western Conf finals. For some of you you weren't around for the championship...I was 23 years old when we won it
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I was -7
 
riverman said:
It's not even close to winning the championship....it's a highlight for the season but we've had lots of those....the .9 shot probably one of the most exciting of his career...the 50 in 3 qtrs....he's had some wonderful career moments but not even close to winning a championship or even winning the Western Conf finals. For some of you you weren't around for the championship...I was 23 years old when we won it
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I'm the same age as you.
 
Considering the team has been around for 46 seasons, no, I’m not sure Dame’s performance last night (as terrific as it was) even cracks the Top 20. But then, these are just the ramblings of an old geezer......so take that into account.
 
UncleCliffy'sDaddy said:
Considering the team has been around for 46 seasons, no, I’m not sure Dame’s performance last night (as terrific as it was) even cracks the Top 20. But then, these are just the ramblings of an old geezer......so take that into account.
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Nah, I get that. There were many great moments for the team through the years. Championship being #1. But individual moments where the team had basically no chance unless a special performance happened by there best player, Dame leads that category, and it ain't close. I came on as a fan during the Championship season, so I can't speak for pre that era, but I don't remember a single player in that situation, having this kind of consistency he has had when he's needed most. It's amazing, and truly magical. Clyde had much more talented teams around him, as did Walton. There were special moments by Billy Ray, Clyde, Walton, Sheed, and Brandon that were amazing as well, but Dame takes the cake. All I can say is enjoy the ride. My daughter and I surely are. Go Blazers!!
 
tykendo said:
Nah, I get that. There were many great moments for the team through the years. Championship being #1. But individual moments where the team had basically no chance unless a special performance happened by there best player, Dame leads that category, and it ain't close. I came on as a fan during the Championship season, so I can't speak for pre that era, but I don't remember a single player in that situation, having this kind of consistency he has had when he's needed most. It's amazing, and truly magical. Clyde had much more talented teams around him, as did Walton. There were special moments by Billy Ray, Clyde, Walton, Sheed, and Brandon that were amazing as well, but Dame takes the cake. All I can say is enjoy the ride. My daughter and I surely are. Go Blazers!!
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I agree with everything you wrote. Dame is a very special player and his will to win in very Jordanesque (note: before someone with poor reading comprehension jumps my shit, I did not say Lillard is as good as Jordan, I just compared one aspect of their personality/demeanor).

But, that's not what the OP asked:

Was Damian Lillard’s fourth quarter performance one of the best Blazers moments of all time?

It was another great individual performance, but it happened in a regular season game, in early March, against a lottery team. There have been MANY "better Blazer moments" (not the same thing as great individual performances). All four wins against PHI in '77 were "better", as was the 4-game sweep of the Lakers in the WCF that same year. Game 7 SAS and Game 6 PHO in 1990. Hell, even Game 1 of the PHO series that year (Duckworth hit the game winner with his hand is a cast) was a better team moment. I know he's a pariah around here, but Aldridge's Game 1 and Game 2 performances against HOU, as well as Lillard's 0.9 second series clincher in 2014 were more significant. Pretty much any come from behind win in a playoff game, or any win that clinched a playoff series are "better Blazer moments".

I'd also vote for the comeback win (I think it was a 32-point turnaround over the final 15 minutes of the game) against PHI in December, 2007 that kept the 13-game winning streak alive, or even Martell Webster's 24-point quarter against UTA with Brandon Roy sitting out the second half andthe miracle minute against DAL back in 2002 were all up there in terms of best regular season TEAM moments.

BNM
 
BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94 said:
Considering it came against the Lakers, down 11 with 7 min left, and the four straight 3s?
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Not unless you want to include it in a top 25 list. I mean it's got to overcome, Walton's effort in our championship game, Brandon Roy's game winning shot after a timeout with a fraction of a scond to go, Hollin's efforts when we were behind by seven points before the three point shot with 12 seconds left and they had the ball, or Lillard's game and series ending shot at the end of the game against Houston after a time out with a fraction of a second to work with, just to name a few. However it was thrilling and deeply satisfying. I could go on about how Petrie did game after game after game or the brilliant play of Lenny Wilkins our player-coach but I'll leave it at that.

We used to have raucous crowds in the old Memorial Coliseum that would put our best current crowds to shame.
 
Lanny said:
Don't feel bad, my little brother was older than you.

And I predicted 55 wins. I bit optimistic? Well, that's my middle name and especially when it comes to the Blazers.
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Oh I don't feel bad. I have my hair.
 
Canzano on Lillard a few years back...

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