Each NBA team’s most clutch player of all-time

Most clutch player in Portland Trail Blazers history: Damian Lillard

The Portland Trail Blazers won a title in 1977, and returned to the NBA Finals again in 1990 and 1992. Bill Walton and Clyde Drexler are both Hall of Fame players who were incredible players in their time. But neither showed up in clutch moments quite like Damian Lillard.

The point guard out of Weber State has been an offensive dynamo since entering the league, and has set the culture on a Portland squad that has never missed the playoffs under his leadership. His ability to pull up from anywhere on the court makes it difficult to guard him, especially when the game is on the line.

Lillard now has two walk-off series-winning shots, one in 2019 against the Oklahoma City Thunder, and an even more clutch shot earlier in his career.

Key Moment: In 2014 the Portland Trail Blazers were seeking their first series victory in over a decade, and were facing the Houston Rockets in the first round. Although Portland was up in the series 3-2, Game 7 would be in Houston if they could not close the Rockets out. In Game 6 Houston was up two points with just nine-tenths of a second left on the clock.

Damian Lillard sprinted around the arc and knew he had separation on his defender. Clapping his hands for the ball, Lillard caught the pass outside the 3-point line and let it fly. The ball splashed through the net, giving Portland the series victory. Lillard was as cool as could be in the most clutch moment of his career.