[Sport]Lillard's historic night that puts him at the height of Chamberlain, Jordan and Kobe

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Damian Lillard is absolutely intractable in the NBA bubble, as he demonstrated Tuesday night when he scored 61 points in the Blazers' victory over the Mavericks, a game where he made history and joined a select club of legends.This is the third game that 'Dame' manages to reach 60 points in the same season. The first was in an overtime win over the Golden State Warriors 129-124. Two months earlier, he had scored 60 to Brooklyn in a 119-115 loss. Until Damien Lillard, there was only one player in history who had scored 60 points or more in three games in a single season. And that person was nothing more and nothing less than the legendary Wilt Chamberlain.

 

                                             

 

Wilt succeeded in the 1961-1962 season, in which he passed that barrier 15 times. The following season, Chamberlain again passed 60 points in nine games. "I am happy to have that kind of company. It is an honor. And I am also happy because two of the three came in games that we won. Today there could not be a Better timing for such a match. It is a pleasure and an honor to be in the company of Wilt. Hopefully this can continue, "Lillard said at the end of the match. He joins a select list with Wilt, Jordan and Kobe In case he joins Wilt Chamberlain As the only ones in history to score at least three games of 60 or more points in the same season, Lillard joined another select list that also includes the names of other historical figures such as Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant. 'Dame' became the sixth player in NBA history with at least three games of more than 60 points. The one with the most is Wilt (32 times), followed by Kobe Bryant (6), Michael Jordan (4), James Harden (4) and Elgin Baylor (3).