NBA Friday: Damian Lillard continues rampage against Stephen Curry and the 57-6 Warriors

Damian Lillard is a wonderful, thrilling young point guard who will dominate the NBA for years to come. His jump shot is one of the most dangerous in the league, and since getting snubbed from the All-Star Game, Lillard has completely torn up the league. It’s as if he’s exacting revenge on everyone who made the team above him.

But Damian Lillard is not Stephen Curry.

The Warriors were up against the Portland Trailblazers 81-61 at the half. That should be the score of a blowout in the third or fourth quarter. It’s almost as if the Warriors have some sort of magical power they’re using against opposing teams.

Based on this Andre Iguodala, they made have super powers. Just look at how he made Gerald Henderson leap away!

Damian Lillard was probably looking forward to meeting up with the Golden State Warriors. While Steph and the team have been celebrated throughout the season, Dame was snubbed from the All-Star game and he has made his displeasure known by shooting lights out. Not to mention, Lillard and his Blazers as a whole have been compared to the Warriors, though if you were Portland, you might consider it a bit of an insult.

Lillard wants to reinforce that any long-range shot is a Lillard original. There shouldn’t be any comparisons to the Warriors.

Ricky Rubio still isn’t the world’s best shooting guard -- far from it -- but he can knock down threes these days. AND HE CAN DEFINITELY KNOCK THEM DOWN TO BEAT THE THUNDER ON THEIR ON FLOOR.

Enjoy this beautiful, beautiful stat line from B-Easy: 18 points, 15 minutes, 9-of-19 shooting, eight rebounds. That’s NINETEEN field goal attempts in FIFTEEN minutes. OK, yeah, Beasley’s officially back.

If you were wondering whether anyone has ever shot that many times with so few minutes, the answer is no. At least since the 1983-84 season, as far as basketball-reference.com goes back, no NBA player has ever attempted 19 or more field goals in 15 or fewer minutes.

The Lance Stephenson project in Memphis isn’t going as planned. For the most part, it’s been dominated by stellar passes to ghost teammates and a layup so bad that it can only be described as atrociously poetic.

But on Friday against the Pelicans, Lance did something good! He toyed with his defender and made him dance before Stephenson made the jumpshot.