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Don't Make Dame Angry, You Wouldn't Like Him When He's Angry

In the final minutes of the fourth quarter in Thursday's game versus the New York Knicks, the Portland Trail Blazers had admittedly taken their foot off the gas a bit. Playing at home, Portland had seen its 23-point lead dwindle to 10, but then Damian Lillard got angry.

Lillard caught a forearm to the face while defending a driving Chasson Randle, turning the usually calm and collected point guard into a machine. Over the next 87 seconds, the visibly peeved Lillard went 3-of-3 from the field, scoring seven of his game-high 30 points to extend the Blazers advantage to 20 and well out of the Knicks' reach before Lillard exited the game with just under two minutes remaining.