It’s not just Giannis Antetokounmpo who has been making history. Last week against the Indiana Pacers, the Milwaukee Bucks talisman tallied a career-high 64 points to become the record-holder for the most points in a single game in franchise history. Giannis followed it up by becoming the all-time rebound leader for the Bucks on Sunday, surpassing the great Kareem-Abdul Jabbar for the esteemed record.
On Tuesday, however, it was Damian Lillard’s turn to take the spotlight.
Milwaukee Bucks Star Damian Lillard Eclipses 20,000-Point Mark
Lillard entered Tuesday’s showdown against the Spurs needing just six points to become just the 51st player in NBA history to score 20,000 points in his career. Dame did just that in the opening four minutes of Tuesday’s contest against San Antonio:
20,000 POINTS FOR DAME ‼
Damian Lillard becomes the 51st player in NBA history to score 20,000 points. #FearTheDeer pic.twitter.com/eyRvcUd8dW
— FanDuel Sports Network Wisconsin (@FanDuelSN_WI) December 20, 2023
What a moment for Dame. The Bucks better make sure he gets the game ball tonight.
Damian Lillard Sets NBA Twitter Ablaze
Only an elite group of players has or will ever reach 20,000 points in their career. This is an undeniably significant milestone for Lillard which is why it comes as no surprise that the NBA world has been buzzing hard on social media:
20,000 career points for Damian Lillard! 🙌 pic.twitter.com/W0XeKscgd9
— NBA (@NBA) December 20, 2023
Damian Lillard, the 51st player in NBA history to score 20,000 points. pic.twitter.com/uchJzqwQiw
— Milwaukee Bucks (@Bucks) December 20, 2023
Congratulations to Damian Lillard on scoring his 20,000th career point 👏
He becomes the 51st player in NBA history to score 20K points.pic.twitter.com/UtNRVWslXe
— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) December 20, 2023
20,000 career points.
The eighth active player to reach that milestone. https://t.co/YxVqGYIn7i
— StatMuse (@statmuse) December 20, 2023
2⃣0⃣,0⃣0⃣0⃣ career points for @Dame_Lillard !pic.twitter.com/oe6W6IK77q
— Ballislife Bets (@BallislifeBets) December 20, 2023
Damian Lillard surpasses 20,000 career points tonight 👏pic.twitter.com/RGB3mMmLPt
— DraftKings (@DraftKings) December 20, 2023
20,000 CAREER POINTS FOR DAME🔥@Dame_Lillard | #FearTheDeer pic.twitter.com/tjcJAN6Ce8
— ESPN Madison (@ESPNMadison) December 20, 2023
Welcome to the 20k point club, @Dame_Lillard. 👏 pic.twitter.com/RPAgR1p1a6
— theScore (@theScore) December 20, 2023
Congratulations are in order for Dame. For their part, though, Bucks fans are definitely expecting much more where that came from now that Lillard is in Milwaukee.
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