Is Damian Lillard Playing Tonight vs Sixers? Availability Report For 7-Time All-Star Released

Amulya Shekhar | 10/03/2023
Is Damian Lillard Playing Tonight vs Sixers? Availability Report For 7-Time All-Star Released

Damian Lillard is going to have to come up with yet another tremendous showing for the Blazers to make the postseason this year.

The Portland Trail Blazers are among the most ineptly managed front offices in the NBA today. Evidence of this becomes clear every time the offseason arrives and the free agency window opens.

The best players that Lillard has played alongside are all now on other teams. He had LaMarcus Aldridge and a firing Nicolas Batum alongside him at the start of his career.

For a spell after that, he’s had the support of CJ McCollum, who won MIP honors in his third season. But apart from Jusuf Nurkic for a while, there hasn’t been any 80th-percentile player on his squad.

Lillard has mostly had to play a lone hand throughout his career, leading the Blazers to the playoffs in a series of unlikely late-season rallies every year. He doesn’t shirk from the burden, but it probably weighs heavy on him.

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Is Damian Lillard playing tonight vs Sixers?

The Blazers visit Philadelphia for their only trip of the year to the East Coast city. Embiid powered the Sixers to an easy win in their previous meeting.

Damian Lillard will be available for the Blazers barring any injuries suffered during pre-game warmups. He may, however, have to deal with the absence of Anfernee Simons, who’s developed well for the team in a starting role.

Currently 13th in the Western Conference, Portland are only 1 game behind the 9th-seeded Lakers. They will need to get their act together down the home stretch of the regular season to make the playoffs.

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Dame’s stats this year

Lillard is enjoying a career year this time around, and has been especially lethal in the calendar year 2023. He ranks 3rd in scoring average at 32.3 points per game this season.

He ranks 2nd in the NBA among guards for true shooting percentage this year behind Steph. There’s a good chance for him to go on and win the scoring title with a late surge.

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Amulya Shekhar is a sports junkie who thrives on the thrills and frills of live sports action across basketball, football (the American variant works too), parkour, adventure sports. He believes sports connect us to our best selves, and he hopes to help people experience sports more holistically.

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