NBA players including Kevin Durant were in awe of Damian Lillard's Game 5 masterpiece
They were fans like we were.
What. A. Game.
Damian Lillard put up a 55-point, 12-three, 10-assist, six-rebound and three-block masterpiece on Tuesday night that you have to watch the highlights of if you missed it. But his Portland Trail Blazers actually LOST to the Denver Nuggets despite that performance in Game 5 and are now facing elimination from the postseason.
Still, let’s take another moment to be in awe of Dame’s game and to focus on how NBA players around the league tweeted while watching him deliver an all-time stunning contest — I particularly loved Kevin Durant’s series of tweets as he watched Lillard hit shot after shot:
I had like 4 tweets I wanted to write to describe this MASTERPIECE by Damian Lamonte Ollie Lillard Sr, but I am seriously at a loss for words…
— Kevin Durant (@KDTrey5) June 2, 2021
God mode.
— Kevin Durant (@KDTrey5) June 2, 2021
This a spiritual experience.
— Kevin Durant (@KDTrey5) June 2, 2021
Dame Lillard oh my goodness.
— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) June 2, 2021
.@Dame_Lillard that’s all I have to says
— Stephen Curry (@StephenCurry30) June 2, 2021
DOLLA!!!!!! Somebody tell my guy Malone, DAME CAN BEAT YOU!!!
— Draymond Green (@Money23Green) June 2, 2021
— Ja Morant (@JaMorant) June 2, 2021
Dame is just ridiculous!!!
— Tim Frazier (@Timfraz23) June 2, 2021
wtf dame
— Ja Morant (@JaMorant) June 2, 2021
That’s tuff Dame
— Troy Brown Jr (@Troy_Brown33) June 2, 2021
@Dame_Lillard going super saiyan mode pic.twitter.com/eKn82IVHat
— Thad Young (@yungsmoove21) June 2, 2021
Dame….
— Zach LaVine (@ZachLaVine) June 2, 2021
Someone gotta put this Dame Dolla performance in The Lourve!
This is a masterpiece!
— Damion Lee (@Dami0nLee) June 2, 2021
Read that again and tune in for 2nd overtime!!!
#PORvsDEN https://t.co/xP8VQiZiLH
— Bogdan Bogdanovic (@LeaderOfHorde) June 2, 2021
No way!
— Marcus Morris (@MookMorris2) June 2, 2021
Wow
— TJ Warren (@TonyWarrenJr) June 2, 2021
Thank you @Dame_Lillard we appreciate the show #respect
— Tyson Chandler (@tysonchandler) June 2, 2021
Dame is a bad man
— Jalen Brunson (@jalenbrunson1) June 2, 2021
Dame
— Harrison Barnes (@hbarnes) June 2, 2021
— Buddy Love !!!! (@buddyhield) June 2, 2021
Dame is still in Space Jam mode
— Nikola Vucevic (@NikolaVucevic) June 2, 2021
Amazing.