Since drafting Damian Lillard in 2012, the Portland Trail Blazers have been afforded the rare luxury of having a player capable of scoring in any setting. In celebration of Lillard’s historically-clutch 2020-21 season, ESPN Senior Writer Kevin Pelton examined when “Dame Time” is most likely to strike.
"... we've rarely seen anyone score as prolifically in the last three minutes of the fourth quarter as Lillard this season... his 1.45 points per minute in that span were the fourth-highest average for the quarter-century during which play-by-play data is available.