CJ McCollum credits special wine for Damian Lillard's impressive NBA bubble performances

Though Portland Trail Blazers were eliminated from NBA playoffs round one this season, Damian Lillard was praised for his performance at NBA bubble. Lillard and Trail Blazers were on a three-game winning streak at NBA bubble, where Lillard scored over 40 in all games. In a recent interview, his teammate CJ McCollum has credited wine for ir streak. 

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CJ McCollum credits wine for Damian Lillard's streak at NBA bubble

As per McCollum, wine could have played a role in Lillard's exceptional performance at NBA bubble. While talking to Taylor Rooks of GQ, McCollum explained how Lillard was a fan of McCollum Herit 91 pit ir blend, which he drank frequently while y were in Orlando. 

"McCollum's backcourt running mate said Herit 91 was a magic elixir, good-luck charm behind his historic bubble hot streak," Rooks wrote in her piece. She added that everytime Lillard drank some of wine, he would go and score 50 points against a team. This is why  McCollum Herit 91 had become a part of ir routine at night. 

McCollum recounted Lillard's words, where guard asked him to bring thing but Herit, which is what he wants to drink. 

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While Trail Blazers only won one game against Lakers in playoffs, Lillard was unstoppable in games preceding playoffs. He was named NBA MVP for seeding games while averaging 37.6 points, 9.6 assists and 1.4 steals in eight games. This included his 61-point game against Dallas Mavericks. As of w, Lillard is only sixth player in NBA history to have three 60-plus-point games. 

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McCollum had recently commented on .1 Draft pick Anthony Edwards, who had spoken about rapping, and being better than Dame DOLLA. "He better work on that jumper... you can't run in West," McCollum said while on podcast, apparently in response Edwards' claims about his teammate. Later, McCollum clarified that he was only stating facts.

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