Damien Lillard is a bad man. The rockets are bad, but there's hope around the corner,

and the Knicks are a free agency destination once again. Yes, it's true. Hey, I'm Tasmelis,

and this is what you need to know in the NBA for Wednesday, March 17.

Good morning, everybody.

Damien Lillard is an inspiration.

Yeah, I woke up to see what he did and I did at least two jumping jacks before jumping on the mic this morning.

Another 50 point game for Damien Lillard in a win over New Orleans.

He's tied with LeBron for seventh when it comes to the most 50 point games in NBA history.

The comeback from 17 down with six minutes left was inspiring, but Dame the person is the more inspiring part make sure you check

out his full interview with the tn t crew post game i was going to pull a clip from it for you but you know

the whole thing is worth listening to if you have enough time to listen to me you have enough time to

listen to that six minuteminute interview. You know,

this was kind of a quiet 50 points watching it this morning. He didn't force it in the fourth

quarter. He just kind of took what came to him. He had only 20 shots in the game to get to 50 points.

He was facilitating 10 assists and he hit all 18 of his free throws.

The Pelicans on the other side, they're also an inspiration for a movie,

because they're just so all or nothing.

They're interesting that way.

Entering Tuesday, teams were 236 in O when leading by 17 plus points within the final six minutes of the game this season.

Not anymore that from ESPN stats and info, Zion said they stopped moving the ball.

Yeah, watching it, they just thought it was over.

And the only thing Damien Lillard can't do is make gray jerseys look good.

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