Last Updated on August 19, 2020 12:26 am by Erik Ong | Published: August 19, 2020

Damian Lillard

PG, Portland Trail Blazers

Damian Lillard did not skip a beat in Game 1, leading the Blazers to a 100-93 win over the Lakers with 34 points (9-of-21 FGs, 10-of-10 FTs), including six 3s with five rebounds, five assists and one block in 43 minutes.

Lillard, as expected, played a huge role in setting up the upset victory. As long as Dame Time keeps ticking and the rest of the Blazers fall in line to the cadence of Lillard's marching orders, then there's a reasonably good possibility that they could pull off a crazy upset in the first round vs. the top seed in the Western Conference.

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Erik is a fantasy basketball expert from the Philippines who has been writing about his beloved fantasy sport since 2007. He loves multi-cat guys, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s skyhook, eating Peking duck, and not-too-long walks on the beach, but not necessarily in that order. Catch him on Twitter: @Rotomancer

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