Damian Lillard Puts Up Historic 55-Point Performance in Game 5 Loss to the Nuggets. Plus: The Lakers' Collapse and Looking Forward to Nets-Bucks.

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🗓️ 2 June 2021

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Verno and KOC first get into Damian Lillard’s unbelievable 55-point, 10-assist performance in a double-overtime loss to the Nuggets in a thrilling Game 5 (0:30). Then they talk about every Laker who isn’t LeBron’s utter collapse against the Suns to drop Game 5 of their series (19:32), and the very intriguing upcoming Nets-Bucks second-round series now that the Nets have ousted the Celtics (40:29). Finally, they look forward to Wednesday night’s games in light of Embiid’s injury, Trae Young’s dominance, Ja Morant’s incredible performances against the Jazz, and the Clippers’ comeback (52:26). Hosts: Chris Vernon and Kevin O’Connor Associate Producer: Sasha Ashall Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	On R2C2, CCC Sabathea and Ryan Ruko guide listeners through everything going on in the MLB, NBA, and NFL.
0:06.9	They also talk to friends, athletes, and celebrities about the world of sports, and much more.
0:11.2	Check out R2C2 with CCC Sabathea and Ryan Ruko on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:31.1	Welcome to the Miss Match, I'm Chris Vernon.
0:32.8	Joining me is he does every Tuesday from the wringard.com.
0:34.8	He's Kevin O'Connor, aka Kevin O'Bomer, Kevin O'Caml, Kevin O'Conflict, aka Kevin O'Climber,
0:39.2	Kevin O'Candy, L.A. and Kevin O'Blerian, Kevin O'Killian, Kevin O'Killian, Kevin O'Killian.
0:42.0	Chris, I am glad that we waited until Tuesday night to record this week, because all the game we just watched
0:51.4	what a night. Oh boy. This is one that will be on, you know, NBA classics for till the end of time.
0:59.3	I mean, when you sign up to watch a playoff game, what you expect is not always what gets delivered,
1:09.4	but this exceeded all expectations. Denver wins 147 to 140 in a game five over Portland,
1:17.2	which has been a highly competitive series. Double over time. And we saw one of the most
1:23.1	unbelievable performances in the history of the NBA. In fact, no one has ever hit more three
1:29.9	pointers in a playoff game than Damien Lillard's 12 for 17. He scored 55 points. He was 17 of 24
1:39.6	from the field. And he lost the game. I don't, I mean, it seems impossible that you could lose a game
1:49.2	with that kind of performance. Steph Curry is tweeting about it. Kevin Durant, I mean, it felt like
1:55.0	everyone was watching this game that was unbelievably on NBA TV, you know, they put it on NBA
2:03.1	TV. And there it felt like everyone in the NBA community was watching this game because we knew
2:10.4	what we are witnessing is something so insanely special. Katie called it a spiritual experience.
2:17.5	God like God like he said what is God mode. God mode. I mean, he was. Look, there are so many things
2:28.3	that happened in this game that I felt were huge. And yet by the end of the game, I was having trouble
2:36.9	remembering them. Like that towel. Just the same. Yeah, it's how it did. It's like how long ago
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