The Trail Blazers are heading to the next round of the Western Conference playoffs after winning their opening series 4-1 against the Thunder, thanks in large part to a buzzer-beater from Damian Lillard.
With the score tied and less than five seconds remaining in Tuesday's game, Lillard took what seemed like an unlikely shot from 37 feet out. But the ball ended up going in to lift the Trail Blazers to a 118-115 win in Game 5.
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— Trail Blazers (@trailblazers) April 24, 2019
The buzzer-beater capped off an impressive night for Lillard, who finished with 50 points, and his game-winning shot led to a big reaction from the NBA world as players and fans watched his playoff performance send Portland to the second round of the playoffs.
Take a look at some of the best reactions from around the NBA in response to Lillard's buzzer-beater:
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— Trail Blazers (@trailblazers) April 24, 2019
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— LeBron James (@KingJames) April 24, 2019
Damn Dame! Wow!
— Draymond Green (@Money23Green) April 24, 2019
DAME FOR GAME🙀 #DAMETIME ⌚️
— Trae Young (@TheTraeYoung) April 24, 2019
ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME ??????????? 😱🤯😱🤯
— Enes Kanter (@Enes_Kanter) April 24, 2019
Unreal @Dame_Lillard
— Jrue Holiday (@Jrue_Holiday11) April 24, 2019
Karma! Lol
— kuz (@kylekuzma) April 24, 2019
One of the coldest game winners I've seen..
— 🏁 Jamal Crawford (@JCrossover) April 24, 2019
What a game!
— elfrid payton (@elfrid) April 24, 2019
God DAME!!!
— Allen Iverson (@alleniverson) April 24, 2019
... now thats a dagger. What a performance. All series long. Salute to a true hooper. 💯
— Ricky Rubio (@rickyrubio9) April 24, 2019
OH SHIT 😱
— Spencer Dinwiddie (@SDinwiddie_25) April 24, 2019
OMG DAMN.....
— Josh Hart (@joshhart) April 24, 2019
DAME DAMN!!!!
— DWade (@DwyaneWade) April 24, 2019
😳
— Rudy Gobert (@rudygobert27) April 24, 2019