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The Portland Trail Blazers is the hottest topic in the NBA tonight, after Damian Lillard tied his career-high by dropping 61 points vs the Mavericks.

As expected, several NBA players reacted to Lillard “torching” performance finishing the game with 61 points (17/32 shooting, 9/17 from beyond the arc), along with five rebounds and eight assists.

Lillard had back-to-back 50+ point games since the loss to the LA Clippers. Now, the Blazers are one win away from the play-in tournament in the Orlando “bubble”.