In the frenzied celebration following his buzzer-beating 3-pointer to eliminate the Houston Rockets from the playoffs, Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard grabbed the public address microphone and shouted:
"Rip City!"
The hometown crowd roared.
The shot gave Portland a 99-98 victory in Game 6 on Friday night and propelled the Blazers to the Western Conference semifinals for the first time in 14 years.
"That's definitely the biggest shot of my life," Lillard said, adding with a smile: "So far."
Portland, making its first playoff appearance since 2011, had been eliminated in the first round in its last six trips, and hadn't advanced to the second round since 2000.
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