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NBA Starting 5, Dec. 14: Giannis erupts for 64, Dame Top 5 in 3s – NBA.com
A historic night in Milwaukee as Giannis scores a team-record 64 points and Lillard joins an elite club of 3-point shooters.
Only 12 players have ever scored 64 points in an NBA game.
Two of them currently play for the Bucks.
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1. GIANNIS ERUPTS FOR TEAM-RECORD 64 POINTS
🦌 Bucks 140, Pacers 126
Giannis called his shot back in April 2021 when he met up with Bucks legend Michael Redd in the tunnel.
Three years later, Giannis proved them both right as he erupted for 64 points in Milwaukee’s win over Indiana, besting Redd’s previous franchise record (57) that stood for 17 years (Nov. 11, 2006).
Giannis already had the highest-scoring game of the 2023-24 NBA season (54 points vs. Indiana on Nov. 9) and now just raised the bar by 10 points.
The past three 60+ point games belong to two Bucks teammates:
This was Giannis’ second 50+ point game against Indiana this season and the third of his career. He’s just the fourth player in the past 40 years with at least three 50+ games against a single opponent.
2. AD OUTDUELS WEMBY AS LAKERS TOP SPURS
🌇 Lakers 122, Spurs 119
Two multi-talented No. 1 picks separated by 11 years – 2012’s Anthony Davis and 2023’s Victor Wembanyama – put on an absolute show on Wednesday in San Antonio.
The Lakers never trailed after the game’s first three minutes, but the Spurs rallied in the fourth to make it a one-point game in the final minute. Watch the final 2:47
Speaking of 30/10 games…
🔔 Sixers 129, Pistons 111
3. NETS SPOIL SUNS’ BIG 3 DEBUT
🌃 Nets 116, Suns 112
Cam Thomas scored 24 points, while former Suns Mikal Bridges and Cam Johnson added 21 and 15, respectively, as Brooklyn spoiled the debut of Phoenix’s new big three
Wednesday marked the first meeting between the Suns and Nets since last season’s blockbuster trade that sent KD to Phoenix.
⚜️ Pelicans 142, Wizards 122
🦖 Raptors 135, Hawks 128
🔥 Heat 115, Hornets 104
🚀 Rockets 117, Grizzlies 104
🎷 Jazz 117, Knicks 113
4. DAME ENTERS TOP 5 ALL-TIME IN 3S
With a catch-and-shoot 3 in the third quarter, Damian Lillard made his 2,451st career 3-pointer, passing Kyle Korver for fifth on the all-time list.
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Here’s what 2,451 made 3-pointers looks like.
For Dame, his two signature shots correlate with his two nicknames.
📸 A Few Of Dame’s Best Regular Season 3s
Dec. 16, 2012: In his 23rd career game, Dame hit his first regular-season game-winning 3 with to beat the Hornets.
Nov. 2, 2017: The signature Dame Time celebration after hitting the game-winning 3 to beat the Lakers.
Dec. 27, 2018: Game-winner vs. the Warriors in his final regular-season visit to Oracle Arena in his hometown of Oakland.
Feb. 26, 2023: A career night with 71 points (tied 8th most in a game ever) and 13 3-pointers (tied 2nd most in a game ever).
Dec. 13, 2023: Dame hit a catch-and-shoot 3 against the Pacers to pass Kyle Korver for fifth on the all-time list.
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5. SHOOTING AT A TREE, TO TOP 5 IN 3S
Dame hit 34 regular-season 3s inside Oracle Arena in Oakland.
One of the greatest players in the history of the game of basketball learned how to shoot on a tree branch in Oakland.
When that tree was cut down, Damian Lillard’s grandfather found another way.
Lillard told us this story 11 years ago, the night before he became Weber State’s first-ever first-round Draft pick.
In honor of Dame entering the Top 5 in 3-pointers made, let’s revisit how his shot first came to be.
I learned how to play on a tree.
We didn’t have a basketball court — it was a tree branch.
It was like half of a branch, shaped like the front of a basketball hoop. That’s what I started to shoot on. Me and my cousins, we’d shoot on that. That was our court.
They chopped the tree down, and I didn’t have nothing to shoot on, so my grandfather, he brought milk crates.
The guy next door he’d cut out the milk crates, cut out the bottom of them. He’d nail them up onto the telephone pole, and I’d start to shoot on those.
That’s what I had for a few years, you know, just a milk crate, and I got to the point where I was shooting so well on a milk crate that when I got on a real court it was like heaven.
Tap to watch Lillard tell the story of his journey, special for the Starting 5 family.
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Lillard’s 3-pointer in the 3rd quarter was the 2,451st of his career, moving him past Korver for fifth in NBA history.
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Antetokounmpo shatters the previous mark of 57 points, set by Michael Redd in 2006.
Lillard’s 3-pointer in the 3rd quarter was the 2,451st of his career, moving him past Korver for fifth in NBA history.
Warriors star Draymond Green will miss an undetermined number of games following the 18th ejection of his career.
The No. 1 overall pick continues to shine bright as the Spurs search for wins.
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