NBA Note - Portland Trail Blazers Lillard, Damian

Nov 6, 2017 - 7:57 AM PG Damian Lillard matched his season high with 36 points and dished out a season-high 13 assists on Sunday against Oklahoma City. "I go into every game with the same attitude, but when you're playing against the MVP (Russell Westbrook), you want to embrace that challenge," said Lillard, who was 10 of 18 from the field and 15 of 15 from the foul line. "You know if you don't, you're going to take your lumps. If I don't step up to that, how is my team going to beat his team?" Lillard has scored 30 or more in each of his past four games. Lillard (9,151) passed Rasheed Wallace for ninth place on the franchise career scoring list.