Chris Paul, Phoenix Suns
This. Is. Brutal.
Mike Conley has a great case to make his overdue All-Star debut. Devin Booker has been a flamethrower. Brandon Ingram was an All-Star last season and is playing better now. DeMar DeRozan deserves a ton of credit for the San Antonio Spurs sitting sixth in the West. De Aaron Fox is doing everything he can to accelerate the Sacramento Kings rebuild.
But there are only two spots left, so it s all apologies to that group (especially Conley) and a huge congrats to Williamson and Paul.
A hard-charging Williamson might already be the scariest sight in basketball, and 2019 s top pick is unlocking a shot-creating skill set that could render him unguardable. Paul, still the league s resident Point God, is once again steadying a new franchise and preparing to lead Phoenix on its first playoff trip since 2010.
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For Damian Lillard, Dame Time with Portland Trail Blazers comes from within
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Lillard s double-double leads Blazers past Thunder (1:48)
Despite compiling four early fouls, Damian Lillard comes up clutch in the fourth as he snuffs out the Thunder comeback rally and finishes with 31 points and 10 assists in a Trail Blazers win. (1:48)
OKLAHOMA CITY With 5 minutes, 28 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter, Damian Lillard hit two hard dribbles with his left hand, putting his man on his hip and squaring up the help defender, Al Horford.
It was a one-point game, the Oklahoma City Thunder leading, and as Lillard does, he hit the eject button to rise and fire in Horford s face, the kind of shot the Dame Time mythology is built on.