LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 28: Damian Lillard #0 of the Portland Trail Blazers celebrates his basket with a foul with CJ McCollum #3, as Montrezl Harrell #15 of the Los Angeles Lakers reacts, during a 115-107 Trail Blaizer win at Staples Center on December 28, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
You’d have to be living under a comfortable rock to not be conscious of Damian Lillard and his reputation as one of the NBA’s most cerebral late-game assassins.